Trump wants people on their death beds to get up and vote for him before they die.
Look, I’d be quite happy with a Clinton win but calling her “over qualified” is even more bullshit than calling her the most qualified in history.
Here’s CNN’s coverage of the letter: http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/06/politics/republican-lawmakers-never-trump-letter/index.html
And more good news for Hillary: the President’s poll numbers have matched his all-time best: http://www.cnn.com/2016/10/06/politics/obama-approval-rating-new-high/index.html
[URL=“https://vimeo.com/144916246”]The commercials that Nevada Tourism runs](http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CAMPAIGN_2016_THE_LATEST?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2016-10-05-21-27-57), ends with the word “Nevada” spelled with the accent over the “a” indicating the proper pronunciation. So apparently they’re getting sick of this “Ne-vaaah-da” crap.
In this seriously something that bothers people from Nevada? It’s not like anyone is calling it “Mavada” or “Nabada.”
I wish Donald had tried to tell Steve Jobs how to pronounce Jaguar. That would have been fun.
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I doubt it seriously bothers them so much as makes them think Trump’s a bit of a jackass. If someone from B.C. gave a speech in Toronto, are you saying it wouldn’t bug you a bit if he started telling you how to pronounce Ontario?
Wait 'til he goes to Frisco. 
Trump will end up calling it Lanbada, the forbidden state…
Yes, it is. I moved to Nevada in 2002, and (as someone who pronounced it like the Spanish word) I found it ridiculous. All I can say is that it grows on you, and now it’s jarring to me to hear it pronounced “neh vah da.” It’s not something that I’d hold against you… unless you flew in from New York brashly insisting that you were right and the people who live here are wrong.
Probably as much as people in San Francisco who hate it when people call it Frisco.
Could have named Nevada after the first white settlement, at Fort Stinkin’ Desert.
I guess the rumours are true. Nobody reads running coach’s posts.
As expected, Language Log has the Nevada story, complete with a recording. Here’s what Trump specifically said:
He’s definitely picking a fight. He’s picking a fight with a state. Over how to pronounce the name of that state. And he isn’t even from there.
The wonder never ceases.
And, of course, Wikipedia has an interesting paragraph, with IPA:
Maybe he’s still got Iowa on the brain, from all those stupid people.
The town there pronounces it with the VAH.
Furthermore given the relatively small number of actual predictions that they make, it is impossible to say with certainty that one predictor was better than another. Suppose for example Nate says there is a 70% chance that Clinton wins the election and Wang says there is a 90% chance. The election commences and Clinton wins. Does that mean that Wang had a better predictor? No. Nate could be spot on and Wang off by 20%, and this would still be the result seven times out of 10. In order to identify a real difference between the models, you would need about 30 elections, so you can see whether Clinton won in 21/30 or in 27/30. Since they only happen every 4 years, it’s going to take a while.
Also looking at the state results won’t save you because on average Wang and Nate give the basically the same probability for different states. With the main difference between the predictors being the degree to which states travel together, which can only be determined by looking across a large number of elections.
With a swing state! That currently has the highest Voter Power Index at fivethirtyeight.com!
I’ve lived my entire life in the Land of Lincoln, and it bugs me when someone pronounces the S at the end of Illinois. Have enough respect for my state to pronounce it right, ok?
I suspect that folks in Arkansas get irate when someone pronounces their state name like it’s Kansas with an Ar in front of it.