Nate Silver faces wrath of Twitter after polls miss big

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Erik Engquist, senior managing editor of The Real Deal, wrote: “How many elections can Nate Silver’s model do this before people stop taking it seriously? It gave Biden a 95% chance to win MI, 94% chance to WI, 69% chance to win FL etc.”

Creator of Think Privacy, Dan Arel, tweeted: “But for real, how the hell does Nate Silver have a job?”

China Noelle, host of the podcast The Hot Nerd, wrote: “”Polls can’t be trusted. There’s something wrong with the polling industry.” – Van Jones, CNN Elections. Er UNDERSTATEMENT OF THE YEAR” According to polls, we all should’ve fallen asleep knowing who won. Okay, Nate Silver.”

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