“But what do the polls say? The race probably is tightening — but perhaps not as much as the hype on the cable networks would imply. In our polls-only forecast, Trump has narrowed Clinton’s lead in the popular vote to roughly 6 percentage points from 7 points a week ago, and his chances of winning ha…”— Nate Silver, fivethirtyeight.comTagged: Election 2016, Donald J. Trump, Hillary Clinton
“Pretty much everyone has an incentive to push the narrative that the presidential race is tightening. The television networks would like for you to keep tuning in to their horse-race coverage. Hillary Clinton’s campaign would like for you to turn out to vote, instead of getting complacent. Donald Tr…”— Nate Silver, fivethirtyeight.comTagged: Election 2016, Donald J. Trump, Hillary Clinton