17 October 2020

Election 2020: what the data tell us | The Economist


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The presidential election has been transformed by data. From key swing states and early voting to voter suppression and possible election-night chaos
Elliott Morris, our data journalist and election guru, discusses his polling predictions and answers your questions about the 2020 race for the White House. > Register for our free webinar Trump v Biden: what it means for the economy: https://subscriberevents.economist.com/ 00:00 - An unprecedented election 00:35 - Why should we trust election predictions? 02:03 - How will the pandemic affect election predictions? 03:04 - Voter turnout in swing states 03:55 - Why we don’t use early voting data in our forecast 05:14 - Mail-in ballot rejection rates 07:38 - How long can we expect to wait for the results? 08:42 - Could the results flip after all mail-in ballots are counted? 09:39 - Will Americans accept the election result? Further reading: > Find the Economist’s coverage of the US elections here: https://www.economist.com/us-election... Sign up to The Economist’s daily newsletter to keep up to date with our latest US election coverage: https://econ.st/3l79OHi Find The Economist’s most recent coverage of covid-19 here: https://econ.st/2CQRUr2 Sign up to The Economist’s weekly “Checks and Balance” newsletter to keep up to date with our coverage of American politics: https://econ.st/3l5C4dl Read about concerns surrounding voter suppression in America: https://econ.st/3do8tII Why Amy Coney Barrett’s supreme court nomination is so contentious: https://econ.st/3lLyhRT Read about how religious partisanship is influencing American politics: https://econ.st/2SUKnvS Read about the foreign and domestic risks that plague America’s 2020 elections: https://econ.st/3nPbKFJ

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