WATCH: Nate Silver Calls Out Polls for 'Cheating,' Putting 'Fingers on Scale,' Drops His Latest Forecast

AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough

Election analyst Nate Silver has President Donald Trump up in his latest forecast. 

Advertisement

Silver also managed to get a lot of people talking when he called out polls for trying to keep the race close, which he termed "herding" or "cheating," saying they couldn't all be coming out within one point.

Warning for graphic language: 

He said the race has moved toward Trump since early October. Then he started mocking the polls, saying, "Every state is a plus 1! Every single state's a tie! No, you're f**ing cheating!" 

You’re cheating ... Your numbers aren’t all going to come out at exactly one-point leads when you’re sampling 800 people over dozens of surveys. You are lying. You’re putting your f*cking finger on the scale."

He namechecked Emerson but didn't explain why he found Emerson particularly offensive. Emerson has Trump and Harris at a tie nationally. 

Advertisement

“If a pollster never publishes any numbers that surprises you, then it has no value,” he said.

Silver blasted most other pollsters except for the New York Times, saying the rest were “just f–king punting on this election for the most part.”

One of the things the NYT/Siena is showing is that Trump is leading with huge numbers for new voters in the battleground states — the folks with no or low propensity voting records. 

That included people who may have only voted in the 2020 election. 

Advertisement

Then, as far as the other folks who aren't "herding," there's also Atlas Intel, who doesn't have them at just a tie or 1 point up. 

Plus they have more polling between now and Election Day coming.  

We'll know soon, but obviously, get anyone you haven't got out yet to vote so we can make it happen. 


READ MORE: Shock Poll in PA and More Intriguing News on Toss-Up States

Recommended

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Trending on RedState Videos