Nate Silver Criticizes FiveThirtyEight
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•Nate Silver faces backlash for pro-Trump model skewing
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Nate Silver gained notoriety for his FiveThirtyEight election models.
He's facing criticism for allegedly favoring junk polls over respected pollsters.
Some social media users have denounced his complaints as not based in math.
Silver's model gives Trump a greater chance of winning than most forecasts, which has earned him fans.
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