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1) You know Bernie is doing well in the polls when @NateSilver538 and @ForecasterEnten are going out of their ways to talk about less scientific polling rather than the polls showing Bernie doing really well
@NateSilver538 @ForecasterEnten 2) rather than talk about this . Nate talks about a supposed poll of activists which is actually a retread from the Shethepeople smear from many months ago that many people probably have forgotten about, tho I certainly haven’t
@NateSilver538 @ForecasterEnten 3) That was the poll done by She the people that claimed to be a poll of Democratic “activists” of color, but when you read the fine print was actually mostly made up of donors and party elites, needless to say it was a big propaganda push for Kamala
@NateSilver538 @ForecasterEnten 4) I especially like this footnote “(DC’s) primary election is neither early nor pivotal, I chose to interview activists from this area because of their proximity to much early candidate activity and the heavy media saturation of the area with early nomination coverage.”
5) which in reality should read: “(DC’s) primary is neither early nor pivotal, but I chose to interview “activists” from this area because they are really insiders working for the Establishment and they were crucial for me getting the results I was trying to get”
6) in fact the article is kind of shockingly transparent in how bogus the process was. Despite what people pointing to the article are saying, the results actually showed Bernie with the most support, along with Booker of all people.
7) “Among the group of activists who’ve decided on one candidate, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders was tied for the lead”. Also even I their own chart, Kamala had actually dropped farther than Bernie had from December to now.
8) the real give away that the word “activists” is doing all of the heavy lifting is the idea that the two people activists really don’t want are Tulsi and Bernie.
9) 538 more than anyone else supposedly should know how important sample size is but they give away when talking about Mayor Pete just how ridiculously small the sample size is.
10) “17 percent of respondents (six people) were thinking about him two months ago, but now 29 percent (10 people) have him on their list of candidates they’re considering.”. 10 people make up basically 30% of the poll which means they polled about 33 people in total. 33!
11). And the embarassingly small number is further proof that when they day activists, they are being dishonest as the idea that they could only find 33 activists in those states, DC added on top, is a joke
12) if you ever needed further proof that @NateSilver538 is a propagandist hack just look at him using this embarrassingly bad poll to smear Bernie to his followers
@NateSilver538 13) Even worse, only hours later Nate is talking about small sample sizes in polls when it comes to a poll showing Bernie dominating. Must be a coincidence that he forgot to point it out earlier
@NateSilver538 14) and here’s @ForecasterEnten pushing it to his followers as well
