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Conversations with Tyler

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The Importance of Priors in Early Polls

CNN's John Sutter says he was frustrated by people who said Donald Trump would evaporate in the polls. He says there are a lot of candidates, Pappy Cannon and so forth, with high floor low ceiling type of candidates. But we're dealing with a fairly small sample of relevant elections, which makes it hard to know for sure whether they'll win or not," writes Sutter.

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