Nate Silver's Polls Were Off; Really, Really Off

By David French, CP Guest Contributor

Check out these two tables, both courtesy FiveThirtyEight's fascinating live blog. First, check out the Democratic bias in the senate polling:

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Next, here are the gubernatorial numbers:

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That's a striking contrast between predictions and reality. As they say in sports, "that's why you play the game." That's why we hold elections. In this election at least, the "experts" were confident America was more blue than it wanted to be.

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David French is Senior Counsel and Director of Digital Advocacy at the American Center for Law and Justice.

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