• Rhaedas@fedia.io
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      2 months ago

      The polls and the media stories are tied. People will lose interest if it isn’t shown as a close race til the end. But the point you mean is valid - this shouldn’t even be a contest, and yet here we are once again, this time with historical evidence of a bad choice and many will repeat the actions anyway.

      Will it actually be 50%? I doubt it, if there is large voter turnout and there isn’t various methods of tampering with votes. Hopefully the first will drown out the planned second, as they will try and cheat the system, as it’s the only thing they’ve got.

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      2 months ago

      You can torture data long enough to make it say whatever you want.

      What if I told you it’s advantageous to media companies if it’s seemingly always tied. It is still too close for comfort, but the stats bias and error margins are carrying a lot of water.