Elections

Nate Silver: ‘Cheating’ Pollsters Are Putting ‘Finger on the Scale’

FUDGING THE NUMBERS

“I kind of trust pollsters less,” said Silver about election forecasts, alleging that pollsters are putting their “finger on the scale.”

Emell Derra Adolphus
Emell Derra Adolphus 

News Reporter

Statistician, Author and Founder of FiveThirtyEight Nate Silver speaks onstage at the ABC Leadership Breakfast panel during Advertising Week 2015.
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Emell Derra Adolphus

Emell Derra Adolphus

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