Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Nate Silver's latest projection is that if the election were held today, Trump has a greater likelihood of winning the election than Clinton.
This will come as a shock to posters here who have been citing Silver repeatedly projecting that Clinton would win.
"In his "Now-cast" election model for who would win if ballots were cast Monday, Silver gave the Republican nominee a 57.5% chance of winning the presidency.
Presumptive Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton had a 42.5% chance of securing the nation's highest office if voters were to take to the polls Monday.
Silver's model had Trump winning in the swing states of Florida, Pennsylvania, Ohio, North Carolina, Iowa, Nevada, and New Hampshire. He would win 285 electoral votes in Silver's model.
It's the first time in Silver's "Now-cast" forecast that Trump has been projected to win."
http://www.businessinsider.com/nate-silver-donald-trump-polls-2016-7
Nate himself says the forecasts are not reliable around the conventions, and that poll watchers should wait until mid-August, when any convention effects have dissipated.
It's a good thing then that elections aren't held in late July, on the weekend in between the conventions.