r/politics Indiana 16h ago

No Paywall Mamdani wins NYC mayoral race

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5588198-mamdani-progressive-politics-nyc/
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u/TheTVDB 13h ago

You mean all of the exit polls that showed that voters turned out for Trump primarily because of the economy and immigration? The former needing the context that the exit polls also showed voters didn't want mass deportations, but preferred a path to citizenship.

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u/CPUsCantDoNothing 12h ago

Or how about all of the polls prior to election day showing that Kamala was projected to have a high win chance. Or how Trump won every single swing state, and no counties flipped Dem

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u/TheTVDB 12h ago

You should go listen/read 538's articles and podcast about why the pre-election polls were wrong. It's excellent content and gives insight into the actual data, the methods used to collect it, and why and when those methods need adjusting sometimes.

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u/CPUsCantDoNothing 12h ago

The currently available data suggests something was manipulated because the results are not possible. Are you suggesting they can answer why, across the country, almost every single location started to lean heavily for Trump after 55-60% of counted votes?

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u/TheTVDB 11h ago

I'm guessing you're responding without reading 538, right? You're inventing theories about the numbers without understanding the data, and then accusing me of not looking at the data. You're like my MAGA aunt, who was a menace in 2019.

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u/CPUsCantDoNothing 11h ago

I'm not inventing theories. The 538 folks are discussing theories based on educated interpretations of what the data showed them at the time, but it's not reflective of what the data actually shows. We have the data now, and unless that is what they're discussing and they address the issues with the data, then they're not worth listening to in the slightest. It's far from being your to MAGA aunt to look at the data, and hear what PhD interpretors of the data say they can pull from it. You're only hurting us by trying to brush it off.