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minus-squarebigpEE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·3 months agoSounds like you’re thinking of 538’s election needle, not polling data. If a candidate has 60% of the votes in a poll, assuming the poll is accurate, they win 100% of the time. The standard deviation on a population this big is practically 0
minus-squareNull User Object@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·3 months agoThat could be. It was 8 years ago and I was very upset. Still haven’t recovered.
Sounds like you’re thinking of 538’s election needle, not polling data. If a candidate has 60% of the votes in a poll, assuming the poll is accurate, they win 100% of the time. The standard deviation on a population this big is practically 0
That could be. It was 8 years ago and I was very upset. Still haven’t recovered.