Nate Silver: ‘Narrative-driven coverage’ ignored election data

Published December 17, 2016 10:27pm ET



Polling guru Nate Silver blasted the media’s campaign coverage for ignoring data in favor of “narrative-driven coverage.”

“Data was clear that white noncollege voters were overrepresented in swing states, helping Trump in [the Electoral College]. Narrative-driven coverage ignored it,” Silver tweeted Saturday.

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