Election 2020: what the data tell us | The Economist
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•Oct 16, 2020
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.
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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?
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