James Bennett: This sounds like good news for the Census Bureau. Anyway, how’s that red wave? Still on its way?

no they haven’t

Since Dobbs, polls have consistently existed in a different reality than actual elections. This cannot be disregarded.

“Nuh-uh”, he said, wisely.

i’m ex-census, infosec guy

This sounds like good news for the Census Bureau. Anyway, how’s that red wave? Still on its way?

lol

Just sayin’. Anyway, I think the NYT op-ed roster is set for skeeters for now, which probably is good for you because this is a weaksauce audition you’re turning in today. Maybe regroup, find a weird conspiracy to believe in (they LOVE that), build up the ol’ résumé to try again when a spot opens.

just sayin what

I’m saying you’re unlikely to make it big as a pundit anytime soon. It’s OK, though. There’s always money in the IPython notebooks.

my dude i could not care less about making it as a pundit and i have no earthly idea what the second bit of your post means

Should you tell him or should I? (Poll-focused models always showed a tighter race, the “red wave” narrative was because pundits couldn’t believe the polls were true).

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