This site has cautioned against getting too excited one way or another about movements inside of a percentage point on polling aggregates or of a few points on probability forecasts, such distinctions more than likely to be quite a bit smaller than the ultimate overall polling error. Nonetheless, it presumably means at least something that Donald Trump has gone from slightly behind to slightly ahead in the forecast models of Nate Silver, The Economist and FiveThirtyEight. Going back to my original point though, Silver makes the following observations:
One thing that might be counterintuitive is that even a normal-sized polling error — polls are typically off by around 3 points in one direction or the other — could lead to one candidate sweeping all 7 key battleground states. In our simulations yesterday, which account for the possibility of a correlated polling error, the most common outcome was Trump winning all 7 swing states: this happened 24 percent of the time. And the next most common was a Harris sweep, which occurred in 15 percent of simulations …
The baseline assumption of the Silver Bulletin model is that while the polls could be wrong again — and in fact, they probably will be wrong to some degree — it’s extremely hard to predict the direction of the error. Empirically, there’s basically no correlation in polling error from one cycle to the next one. And pollsters could be overcompensating if they’re worried about missing low on Trump again or if the 2020 polling error was primarily caused by COVID: Democrats being more likely to “socially distance” and having more time to respond to polls. There are prominent examples of this, such as in the 2017 UK election, where pollsters put a heavy finger on the scale for Tories but Labour beat its polls instead.
Adrian Beaumont has more at The Conversation.
Apparently, in a Maine coastal village. In 2016 the Clinton-Trump signs were even. In 2020 they were 2 to 1 for Biden. Last trip to town yesterday, it was 32 Harris, 8 Trump. I like the trajectory!
Does anyone on here subscribe to the paid Nate Silver newsletter? I’m very curious to learn the answer to the question left dangling at the end of the free section of today’s edition. Not suggesting breaking his business model.. just a brief summary of the answer to the question.
Here is the free section that poses the question:
https://www.natesilver.net/p/a-mystery-in-likely-voter-polls
FUBAR @ #39 Friday, October 25th, 2024 – 9:26 am
It’s down to 2.4%
Next.
Someone like Walz or other Harris surrogates should go to NH. Weird things are happening there. Harris has to retain that for Dems
C@tmomma says:
Friday, October 25, 2024 at 10:43 am
You clearly didn’t read the article.
Know your enemies.
The Democrats, like you, do not.
When I think about the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump I can’t help thinking about Marlene Dietrich and the beclowned old man in ‘The Blue Angel’ 🙂
meher baba says:
Here’s a new Harris +4 Michigan to cheer you up.
FUBAR,
I get the perception of inflation is different to the reality and people’s lived experience. However, there is polling that shows this experiential factor is shifting. Also, there has been goalpost shifting by those who are trying to keep the embers alight about people’s inflation experiences. First it was eggs and gas prices, then those prices went down. It’s also Rent and Housing, as it is here but those problems are a result of the sort of rental and house inflation crisis we experienced here as well, which is thankfully abating and has nothing to do with immigration levels, btw. So those who wish to keep it as a hot topic looked around for the next cab off the inflation rank and it seems as though milk and dairy foods will be next but that’s a function of the after effects of the hurricanes. Which is a perfectly normal course of events. But ‘Inflation!!!’, eh? Or, ‘Cost of Living Crisis’. 😐
Good to see you’re at least having 2 bob each way now, meher baba. 😉
Wow, here’s an idea. Mark Cuban as Secretary of Commerce!
It’s kind of wild to me that anyone thinks ol’ rapey can win this. Here’s a guy with multiple felonies, about to go to prison, done nothing but rack up scams, election Ls, espionage accusations and pedophile rumours for eight years, but sure, ignore the polls and all fundamentals, he’ll go the distance because people have somehow forgotten he’s a gigantic fascist piece of shit. I can’t buy it.
After the actual election, we can expect legal challenges by the rethugs to end up in the Courts.
They will lose.
Hopefully the dust up will be resolved quickly.
Omar Comin’, Because for the most part all of that is baked into people’s perceptions on Trump. What they recall was the booming economy (which was Obama’s work of course) pre-covid and attribute that to Trump. All the pain post covid (which was Trump’s work of course) they attribute to Biden. The unfortunate lead time of around 2 years for economic benefits or costs to hit people’s hip pockets and more importantly psyches often mean the praise/blame gets attributed to the wrong guy.
NBC News
Early and Mail-in voting
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2024-elections/early-vote
Take a look at PA, MI, WI, GA AZ, NV and NC
The Wall Street Journal lost its integrity when Rupert bought it. It doesn’t even make the list on 538. You dig a bit deeper and its a Republican pollster.
That says enough.
Harris team announces George Soros will be appearing at her next rally. Bernie Sanders was invited but is unable to attend…. oh wait, I have that wrong, my mistake….. it should read Trump (purported billionaire) announces Elon Musk (richest humanoid on earth) to attend his rally. Jeffrey Epstein was invited but is unable to attend.
Republicans now accusing nuns of voter fraud… Every time you think they hit the bottom of the barrel they go lower.
“The sisters maintain an active website as well as Facebook and Instagram accounts that document their activities and milestones, including a sister’s recent 107th birthday and an Oct. 17 event at the Erie Convention Center where a sister recently interviewed former congresswoman Liz Cheney (R-Wyoming).
Maloney made the posts on X, he said, to “go public” and “find answers” about the voter registrations connected to the monastery’s address.
“Glad they put the statement out,” Maloney told The Post. “I respect that, but we’re going to dive a little deeper, confirm that that’s correct.””
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/10/23/pennsylvania-republican-voting-nuns-erie/
C@tmomma says Friday, October 25, 2024 at 10:43 am
Inflation is down, but it takes time for people to perceive that. They look at their bills and their pay and see they are paying more than they used to. It takes time for that to reset.
Inflation over the last four years has been a global phenomenon caused by COVID and war induced supply shocks. It’s just unfortunate for Biden and Harris that it occurred on their watch and so they cop the blame for it. It would have happened if Trump had been president (although his interventions would likely have been far worse).
@Ven, that looks great superficially, but without a crystal ball it doesn’t tell us much…does it?
Victoria says:
Friday, October 25, 2024 at 11:10 am
I look forward to your opinion on any Democrat legal challenges.
Speaking of…
What I’m seeing is that in the last week polling has moved Trumps way in a small but important manner in the swing states.
I think about 4 weeks ago there were two important campaign moments. Harris wasn’t able to state effectively how she wasn’t a continuation of Biden, in fact said as much that she’d be the same. And Trump went hard on the no national abortion ban rhetoric (which isn’t really the issue as we know).
Those two moments are now showing up in the polling, let’s be clear only 1% in most cases. The averages haven’t yet moved an aweful lot nor the outcome models but I expect that to change by the end of next week.
I’m hardening on a Trump win, and the only thing I can see which may buck the polling numbers is the much touted GOTV ground game the Dems are so proud of.
May Harris win, but I’m not expecting this to happen.
The major externality is the war in the middle east. Muslim support for Harris has dropped from around 70% to 50% in the Midwest swing states. In such a tight raise this matters more than it should.
What is it now, 12 sleeps to The Battle of the Flawed Adults (D) vs the Uncontrolled Toddlers (R)?
Today’s events for the Democratic Party campaign:
Vice President Harris will travel to Georgia for a Get Out the Vote rally with former President Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen.
Governor Walz will visit Central and Eastern North Carolina, making political stops in Durham, Greenville, and Wilmington to encourage North Carolinians to vote early. In Wilmington, Governor Walz will deliver remarks at a Harris-Walz campaign rally. Following the rally, the Governor will travel to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Second Gentleman Emhoff will deliver remarks at Team Harris-Walz block parties in Milwaukee and Kenosha, Wisconsin, encouraging voters to Get Out the Vote and vote early for Vice President Harris, Governor Walz and Wisconsin Democrats.
Mrs. Walz will do local media interviews with WISC-TV in Madison, Wisconsin, and Native Roots Radio in Wisconsin and Minnesota. She will also participate in a New Hampshire reproductive freedom press call with U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Maggie Hassan and Democratic gubernatorial nominee Joyce Craig.
Just a few examples of additional events happening across the battlegrounds:
ARIZONA
U.S. Senator Mark Kelly in Lake Havasu City for a Veterans for Harris-Walz event and Casa Grande for an LD16 canvass launch.
Congressman and U.S. Senate candidate Ruben Gallego, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes, and AARA Executive Director Dora Vasquez in Phoenix for a Seniors for Harris-Walz event.
Former Congressman Beto O’Rourke in Tucson for a Wildcats for Harris-Walz and Democrats Gen Z votes event as part of the “Vote For Our Future” early vote campus college tour
MICHIGAN
The Honorable Pete Buttigieg and Congresswoman Annie Kuster in Sterling Heights for a canvass kickoff.
NEVADA
Republican TV personality Ana Navarro in Las Vegas for a Nevada Republicans for Harris press conference slamming Donald Trump’s Project 2025 agenda.
Bill Nye “The Science Guy” in Reno to mobilize and encourage University of Nevada, Reno students to vote early.
NORTH CAROLINA
National Security Leaders for America in Greensboro for a press conference.
DNC Chair Jaime Harrison in Charlotte, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem for a ‘Black Men’s Breakfast’ and canvass launches.
Former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords in Charlotte for a ‘March to the Polls’ event and Huntersville for a canvass launch.
PENNSYLVANIA
Governor Josh Shapiro, Senator Raphael Warnock, former Lt. Governor Geoff Duncan and former Rep. Jim Greenwood in Lancaster for a New Way Forward ‘Unity’ rally.
Senator Raphael Warnock in Philadelphia for a Get Out The Vote rally.
WISCONSIN
Doc Rivers, Terry Porter, and Governor Wes Moore in Milwaukee for a ‘Dunks for Democracy’ event.
That 1% you are seeing is the demonstrated, well documented and widely discussed effect of the red wave push polling, the actual underlying has not moved. It’s fascinating to see the power of their narrative setting effect in action though. I wonder how widely these talking points will propagate and whether their ability to create a negative perception of Harris’ chances will depress Democratic turnout. Judging from the early voting numbers – they won’t.
Omar Comin’ @ #75 Friday, October 25th, 2024 – 12:12 pm
In fact, perversely for the Trump campaign, they’ll strengthen some people’s resolve to go vote for Harris/Walz.
They won’t, but that’s not the goal.
If (yes, if)there’s a coordinated campaign to set up a false narrative where Trump is ahead in all of the swing states and easily going to win, then the motive isn’t to change the election’s outcome. The motive is to set the stage for follow-on efforts to steal the election after a “surprise” loss.
Mostly Interested,
JVL at The Bulwark has addressed your concerns today in his daily newsletter:
https://www.thebulwark.com/p/im-sorry-but-the-math-is-okay-for
(I have left the spelling American)
I’m entirely aware of the red wave push polling flooding the market. But as 538 demonstrated, even when this is taken out of the modelling the results is less than 1% adjustment.
To be frank Trump would be a horrible outcome for so many reasons, I dont however see it as the end of civilization as we know it. Perhaps a quickening of trends that are already part of the landscape. I dont see a Harris presidency as fundamentally stopping those trends, perhaps slowing in some places, but overall not a transformational experience.
What are these trends? Climate change quickening, China dominating the eastern hemisphere, a push back and in some cases fracturing of the European zone, a weakening of social safety nets, a strengthening and aggregation of multinationals, a fracturing of the workforce into microscopic pieces that cant collectively bargain. All the fun stuff.
C@t, ta, I got ChatGPT to summarize it. No sleep this week due to the kids. I dont tend to take qualitative factors into my thinking, I tend to lean very heavily on quantitative factors, blame my science background.
The article argues that Kamala Harris’s campaign momentum is stronger than the current polls suggest, pointing to qualitative factors like her debate performance, endorsements, and strong economic data. In contrast, Trump has faced personal and campaign struggles. The author contends that if one ignored polls and relied on recent events, Harris should have gained a significant lead. Additionally, the piece discusses the predictable nature of U.S. presidential elections and suggests that Harris is likely to win a majority of votes.
MI,
Not a problem. Gotta devote yourself to the kiddiwinks. 🙂
What really interested me was the math. ChatGPT doesn’t seem to do granular stuff like that which was in the tables.
How do you get to a likely Trump win without any qualitative factors?
Omar Comin’ @ #82 Friday, October 25th, 2024 – 12:44 pm
The vibe. 😐
Electoral college. The Republican, whomever they are, has a baked in advantage where they can win from as many as 3 points behind. They’re always “likely” to win unless polls are showing an absolute landslide.
Who needs qualitative factors when you’ve got a finger on the scale?
I think Harris differentiating herself from Biden or Trump handling the issue of abortion are just qualitative aspects of the campaign that you’ve latched onto in your analysis, Mostly Interested
@C@tmomma exactly lol
a r @ #84 Friday, October 25th, 2024 – 12:53 pm
And the Democratic Party have won 3/4 of the last POTUS elections with that EC College.
#facts
I know the aggregators say they apply house skew to these polls but surely the “garbage in, useful information out” model is now suspect.
And not a surprise to me at least
BREAKING VIA @WSJ
Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Vladimir Putin since 2022, discussing a range of topics including personal matters, business, and geopolitics.
– Putin asked Musk not to activate Starlink over Taiwan as a favor to Chinese leader Xi Jinping.
– Musk initially supported Ukraine’s military with Starlink but later restricted its use for offensive operations, aligning with Russia’s interests.
– Russian officials have pressured Musk on several fronts, including potential threats to his businesses, while Kremlin disinformation campaigns use Musk’s social platform X to influence U.S. politics.
– Musk’s deep connections to U.S. military projects, including SpaceX’s $1.8 billion classified contracts, raise national security alarms over his close ties to Putin.
– Musk is now a key backer of Trump’s 2024 campaign and could hold a major role in a future Trump administration.
wsj.com/world/russia/m…
George Soros offers Musk lottery winners $2 million to switch vote to Democrat.
Just when you thought the US election campaign could not get any more strange and weird.
FFS, how it is that this kind of thing (and the Arnold Palmer wang story) is NOT instant death for a campaign is beyond me.
Although, i did watch a Jon Stewart daily show segment where he opined that the Repug /Maga movement are making things so over the top absurd, that voters think its all actually some sort of benign joke.
Scary times. 🙁
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/24/tucker-carlson-trump-rally-spanking
“The audience at a Donald Trump rally in Georgia on Wednesday erupted into bizarre chants of “Daddy’s home!” and “Daddy Don!” after an extraordinary and borderline creepy and sexist speech by far-right personality Tucker Carlson likening the Republican presidential candidate to an angry father spanking his daughter.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/24/tucker-carlson-speech-trump-spanking
“Harris’s spokespeople may dismiss Carlson’s disgusting speech as “weird” but it is less weird than it is terrifying. The idea of Trump as a father figure spanking a woman into submission seems to resonate with a disturbing number of Americans. There is a very real chance that in just two weeks Trump will be voted back into office. “
Maybe not surprising Victoria but still ghastly.
A vote for Trump is a vote for Putin.
In a nutshell. The US election
Males vs females
Billionaire class vs the rest
Omar comin
Was always thus.
Didn’t we already know basically all of that, aside from maybe the Xi/Taiwan angle?
Elon Musk is a bad faith actor. It should be obvious to all and sundry
Matthew Dowd a former Republican pollster says
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let me relate how bad the RealClear average of polls has been because they include junk polls: in 2022, realclear had Whitmer only winning by 1, she won by 11; had Fetterman in PA losing by 1, he won by 5; had AZ Gov race Dem losing by 3, Dem won by 1; Nevada Sen. had Dem losing by 4, Dem won by one.
The Trump Putin nexus which includes Musk is a thing.
Those who cried Russia Russia Russia was a hoax should reconsider their position.
Tonight (US time), 22000 people attended Harris rally in Atlanta,GA. It was star-studded rally, which included Spike Lee, Bruce Springsteen and Obama.
Victoria I am pugnaciously confident we will see another such polling error in the Democrats favour.