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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

How polls handle people who have already voted is interesting. In theory, one could argue along these lines: people who say they've already voted should get weighted at 100%, while people who are merely "likely voters" should be 90% or whatever since some won't wind up voting. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 12, 2020 Hibernated

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

All of the little signals that they don't take COVID-19 seriously are damaging from a public health perspective, but likely also politically damaging to Trump and the GOP. Polls make it clear that a majority of Americans know they can't just wish COVID out of their lives. — PolitiTweet.org

Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux @ameliatd

Okay, I'm now seeing that Lee's doctor apparently cleared him to be at the hearing. So he did seek medical advice b… https://t.co/5tBT5yYn1A

Posted Oct. 12, 2020 Hibernated

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

In practice, few pollsters use probabilistic turnout weights. And even if they did, you might not want to weight "already voted" voters at 100%. There's some rate of ballot spoilage in mail voting (also in person, though less). And people could lie about already having voted. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 12, 2020 Hibernated

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