The biggest issue with @zeynep's argument is that every point she makes against forecasting could be directed at polling itself.
And she sort of says at much at the end by saying that she hoped forecasting would transcend the horse race, but instead amplifies it. 2/5
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I've been on team "make Election Day a national holiday" for a while, but there will always be a slice of voters who, for whatever reason, can't make it on a given day. Spreading out lines and load, and meeting busy voters where they are, seems like a good thing.
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Almost nobody else seems to need it, and many countries manage to have high turnout. It's weird, some people are voting weeks and weeks before the election day--before the debates, before all the news etc.
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