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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

Boring post. But if you're asking "why did 538's numbers change?", keep in mind that there is a tiny bit of sampling error. We run 40,000 simulations with each model run, which translates to a margin of error of around* 0.5%. * Less than that for probabilities close to 0 or 100 — PolitiTweet.org

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Half of the miscommunications have been caused by misunderstanding how the public would understand certain jargon or other terms of art. The other ½ have been caused by half-baked theories about how the public might react, e.g. concerns about a false sense of security or alarm. — PolitiTweet.org

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

We keep seeing huge communications snafus and waves of misinformation set off by difficulty conveying the idea of “… https://t.co/dwJCzmHEOx

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This is one reason why we aren't listing the decimal, i.e. why we list Trump's win probability as 28% rather than 28.2%. Of course, this leads to another issue. The probability could change from say 27.51% to 27.49% and it would like it had shifted a full point (from 28% to 27%). — PolitiTweet.org

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