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The "failing to see big picture" probably parodies someone too. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 08:49, 7 November 2012 (UTC) | The "failing to see big picture" probably parodies someone too. -- [[User:Hkmaly|Hkmaly]] ([[User talk:Hkmaly|talk]]) 08:49, 7 November 2012 (UTC) | ||
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| + | Hope I'm doing this right - anyway, maybe I'm misreading this entry, but I think the whole point of this comic is that he has his cause and effect priorities completely reversed - he's more concerned about how the outcome of the election will affect the tracking polls and that entire process rather than, as with most people, merely using tracking polls to predict the election results. -- Greg | ||
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| + | : You're quite right, and I'll add a paragraph to that effect. [[User:Jerodast|- jerodast]] ([[User talk:Jerodast|talk]]) 15:35, 3 December 2012 (UTC) | ||
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| + | Ironically, in 2016, the Tuesday results did not actually affect [http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/ the FiveThirtyEight forecast] - it still shows up as 71.4% Clinton today. --[[Special:Contributions/172.68.11.39|172.68.11.39]] 08:46, 11 November 2016 (UTC) | ||
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| + | ...Then there was the 2020 US election, rendering this comic more prophetic and disturbing than it should be... [[Special:Contributions/162.158.6.128|162.158.6.128]] 00:58, 6 January 2021 (UTC) | ||
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The "failing to see big picture" probably parodies someone too. -- Hkmaly (talk) 08:49, 7 November 2012 (UTC)
Hope I'm doing this right - anyway, maybe I'm misreading this entry, but I think the whole point of this comic is that he has his cause and effect priorities completely reversed - he's more concerned about how the outcome of the election will affect the tracking polls and that entire process rather than, as with most people, merely using tracking polls to predict the election results. -- Greg
- You're quite right, and I'll add a paragraph to that effect. - jerodast (talk) 15:35, 3 December 2012 (UTC)
Ironically, in 2016, the Tuesday results did not actually affect the FiveThirtyEight forecast - it still shows up as 71.4% Clinton today. --172.68.11.39 08:46, 11 November 2016 (UTC)
...Then there was the 2020 US election, rendering this comic more prophetic and disturbing than it should be... 162.158.6.128 00:58, 6 January 2021 (UTC)
