and there was a time after the polls herded (per Nate Silver) or as I was predicting (unskewed) where it become very close and some polls had Romney in the lead. Then there was a strom and a hug and the poll or 2 put Obama back in the lead... (if I recall correctly)
As that thread moved along I focused more on what a proper template was an started to emphasize that polls were not about predicting as much as they were showing what would happen if the polls were tomorrow.
What I have also learned is that about 90 to 95 percent of Rs will vote R, 90 to 95 percent of dems will vote dem.
So these races are really about using an accurate template to show how what the independents are doing. once you get the templates properly set up with slightly more Democrats... you look to see if the independents are leaning to the Rs by enough points to counter the 2-4 points democrats might have in Presidential elections. Overall because more Independents are really republicans the electorate is far more balanced than the dems like to pretend.
As that thread moved along I focused more on what a proper template was an started to emphasize that polls were not about predicting as much as they were showing what would happen if the polls were tomorrow.
What I have also learned is that about 90 to 95 percent of Rs will vote R, 90 to 95 percent of dems will vote dem.
So these races are really about using an accurate template to show how what the independents are doing. once you get the templates properly set up with slightly more Democrats... you look to see if the independents are leaning to the Rs by enough points to counter the 2-4 points democrats might have in Presidential elections. Overall because more Independents are really republicans the electorate is far more balanced than the dems like to pretend.
I tease you, but I remember when you were running Romney polls with this "algo" showing how Romney was going to win.