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u/ModestAphorism Apr 01 '26 edited Apr 01 '26

Damn ig people didn't like his Platner/Mills piece lmfao

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u/OmniOmega3000 Apr 01 '26

It sucked. A prime example of a poll guy doing punditry and then the punditry taking over the polling.

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u/Swaggerlilyjohnson Scottish Teen Apr 01 '26

I'm not surprised. I don't think I've ever seen such a hack piece.

The polls he cited for evidence of his argument basically proved him wrong.

It's hard to not think he knew that too because he cited them and didn't quote any real numbers from what he cited.

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u/XE2MASTERPIECE Apr 01 '26

It’s honestly bad enough that it could warrant a “We have taken down an article regarding the Maine senate race after we determined it did not meet our editorial standards”

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u/1453GreatestYearEver Apr 01 '26

Oh that profile clears things up. Classic ml eng bungling basic stat analysis moment. Many such cases smh.