"A close race in the polls does not necessarily mean the outcome will be close," pollsters FiveThirtyEight wrote on their website.
  • DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    This is extremely misleading. Most data-driven outlets are open about saying that a 51% chance of a Harris victory is essentially a coin flip.

    And the ones that are based off of gut feelings rather than data? They’re less than useless.