Liberal data analyst Nate Silver said he believes Donald Trump will win the election, and is accusing pollsters of misleading voters in order to make the race appear closer than it actually is.
“I kind of trust pollsters less,” Silver said during an episode of his weekly podcast, Risky Business with Nate Silver and Maria Konnikova. “They all, every time a pollster [says] ‘Oh, every state is just plus-one, every single state’s a tie,’ no! You’re f–king herding! You’re cheating! You’re cheating!”
Silver accused them of recycling past results to keep the race between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris appearing close.
The analyst said his own model shows Trump ahead of Harris, 55% to 45%, ahead of the election this week.
“Your numbers aren’t all going to come out at exactly one-point leads when you’re sampling 800 people over dozens of surveys. You are lying! You’re putting your [expletive] finger on the scale!” Silver said.
