The_Walrus wrote:
I have amended the title, which was incorrect, and replaced it with the title of the article.
As the article makes clear, the "now cast" is essentially useless, because the election isn't held immediately after the Republican convention. Silver's best guess - the "polls plus" forecast - still gives Clinton a 59.2% chance of winning the election despite poor polling in the last week. Even the "now cast" has shrunk Trump's advantage in the past few hours.
Come back if Clinton isn't leading after the Democratic convention.
Changing titles of topics to suit your political views, represents this site poorly.
In the link I cited earlier, Mr. Silver explicitly says: "Trump would be a narrow favorite,
with a 57 percent chance of winning the Electoral".
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/ele ... dead-heat/Mr. Silver's best estimate of who is winning presently is his "now cast".