Christine Zhang

@christinezhang.bsky.social

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Never going to look at NYT election data the same was again after hearing @christinezhang.bsky.social ‘s awesome @posit.co ::conf keynote!

She discussed all the diff viz they considered to capture the plethora of sources of uncertainty in polling data

(Also the needle and election night plots!)

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posit::conf(2026) is outta here! 👋 From Wes McKinney's AI keynote to Quarto slides, Shiny apps, & termite colonies, Day 2 was radical.

Share your photos and reflections with the hashtag #PositConf2026 ❤️

See you in Seattle Sept 13-15 for posit::conf(2027). Until then, keep it real!

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Primary polls had a bad year. What does that mean for general election polls, which are ramping up after Labor Day?

My colleagues Caroline Soler & Evan Reynolds looked at the data: Big misses in primary polling != similar misses in generals.

More from them here --> 🎁 nyti.ms/4cMthcJ

A table showing polling error in the primary vs. general elections. In election cycles since 2016, error has been worse during the primary polling compared with the general election polling.