ABC Shuts Down Pro-Leftist Polling Site That Claimed Harris Had Better Chance Than Trump
SUMMARY
ABC News is closing down FiveThirtyEight, the polling site that gave Kamala Harris a 50% shot at beating Donald Trump in November—turns out, not so much. Before the election, it pegged Trump’s odds at 49%, with a measly 1% chance of a landslide and 29% for the popular vote. Reality? Trump took 312 electoral votes to Harris’ 226, flipped six swing states, and won the popular vote 49.9% to 48.4%—the first Republican to do so in 20 years. Founder Nate Silver even bet Harris had a 21% shot at Florida; Trump won by 13 points. FiveThirtyEight’s pre-election calls leaned hard into Harris, brushing off “Trump-leaning” polls. Post-election, its Trump approval tracker showed a dip, though RealClearPolitics says it’s steadier at 48.9% approval. ABC didn’t say why it’s axing the site, but the miss—plus odd takes like tying pro-life views to racism—has folks talking. Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway suggested on X it’s because FiveThirtyEight’s “polling games” for Democrats aren’t cutting it anymore.
