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Missouri, for instance, was off by 8 points between 538 model and results. That seems well outside a normal polling error.



Could you clarify this? According to the results I'm seeing, in Missouri Trump got 56.9% and Biden got 41.3%. I can't imagine anyone was predicting 8% less for Trump and more for Biden. That would have Biden winning Missouri, which would have been ridiculous. An 8% different prediction in the other direction also seems implausible. Perhaps you could link to the 538 prediction?


That's a 16 point win for Trump. The polls were predicting an 8 point win e.g. 54/46


Thanks, that makes sense. I vote in one the hillbilliest locations in the state. When I arrived at 6 AM and saw the several-hundred-feet-long line of people, I knew the Trump vote was going to be higher than I had expected going in.




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