# Polling is broken, right? Or is it the news? Or all of the US?

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More like 90% dropping to 70%. That’s a big shift. 80 to 75 doesn’t feel qualitatively different to me. If you’re losing sleep over 75%, you’re losing sleep over 80.

> **[2016 Election Forecast | FiveThirtyEight](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/)**
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> Nate Silver's predictions and polling data for the 2016 presidential election between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump

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