Pollster Nate Silver says 'gut' tells him Trump will win election

While Pollster Nate Silver revealed past period that he'd ballot for Vice President Kamala Harris connected November 5, his "gut" is telling him that erstwhile President Trump will win.

Silver group nan segment successful his caller sentiment portion by noting that respective battleground states person Trump and Harris neck-and-neck. But those numbers don't look to fulfill observers, who he said often inquire him for a consecutive answer.

"So OK, I’ll show you," Silver wrote successful The New York Times connected Wednesday. "My gut says Donald Trump. And my conjecture is that it is existent for galore anxious Democrats."

He says his intuition is partially driven by nan conception of nonresponse bias, musing that pollsters aren’t reaching capable of Trump's supporters. 

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Republican statesmanlike nominee erstwhile President Donald Trump waves astatine a run rally astatine Greensboro Coliseum connected Tuesday, Oct. 22, successful Greensboro, N.C.  (AP/Alex Brandon)

"Nonresponse bias tin beryllium a difficult problem to solve," Silver wrote. "Response rates to moreover nan champion telephone polls are successful nan azygous digits — successful immoderate sense, nan group who take to respond to polls are unusual. Trump supporters often person little civic engagement and societal trust, truthful they tin beryllium little inclined to complete a study from a news organization. 

"Pollsters are attempting to correct for this problem pinch progressively fierce data-massaging techniques, for illustration weighing by acquisition attainment (college-educated voters are much apt to respond to surveys) aliases moreover by really group opportunity they voted successful nan past. There’s nary guarantee immoderate of this will work."

But Silver doesn't time off Democrats without immoderate hope. He suggests location is simply a measurement that Harris tin "beat nan polls."

"A astonishment successful polling that underestimates Ms. Harris isn’t needfully little apt than 1 for Mr. Trump," he wrote. "On average, polls miss by 3 aliases 4 points. If Ms. Harris does that, she will triumph by nan largest separator successful some nan celebrated ballot and nan Electoral College since Mr. Obama successful 2008."

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Democratic statesmanlike nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks astatine nan vice president's residence successful Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024.  (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Silver precocious highlighted information that appeared to beryllium "pretty negative" for Harris.

"There are now 3 caller high-quality nationalist polls that show Donald Trump starring — a difficult condition for Harris, fixed Democrats’ Electoral College disadvantage — and her separator successful our nationalist polling mean is down to 1.7 points," Silver wrote connected his Substack. "National polls don't power nan exemplary that much, and nan title remains fundamentally a toss-up, but it’s not difficult to deliberation of reasons that Trump could win."

He referenced a caller Fox News Poll, which shows Trump up of Harris successful nan statesmanlike title 50%-48%, marking a reversal from past period erstwhile Harris had a constrictive edge. Silver besides cited nan TIPP search poll, which showed Trump overtaking Harris by a 2-point lead, 49% to 47%. 

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Democratic strategist James Carville, meanwhile, said he's "certain" nan predetermination will plaything nan different way.

A female fills retired a ballot a polling position located successful nan Morgan State University successful Baltimore, during early voting successful Maryland, Oct. 26, 2020. (REUTERS/Hannah McKay)

"America, it will each beryllium OK. Ms. Harris will beryllium elected nan adjacent president of nan United States. Of this, I americium certain," he wrote successful a New York Times column connected Wednesday.

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Silver, who advised his readers not to blindly spot his gut, offered 1 much imaginable result successful his Times piece: That pollsters could beryllium incorrect and this won't beryllium a photograph decorativeness astatine all. With polling averages truthful tight, he said, moreover a mini systematic polling error for illustration nan 1 seen successful 2016 aliases 2020 "could nutrient a comfortable Electoral College triumph for Ms. Harris aliases Mr. Trump."