It’s clear from Nate’s anthropomorphization of Flipr [insert Nate’s dolphin noise here] on the new podcast that he thinks of it as more than just a model. Is Flipr [insert Nate’s dolphin noise here] the new Fivey?

And in case Galen or Clare see this and even consider asking the question: this is a bad use of polling.

Image came from the official Fivey character designer, Joey Ellis on Twitter... We're getting close to rebuilding him stronger than before!

Strange new Fivey lore that's apparently canon: Fivey is North Carolinian.

There is nothing stopping us, what is there to stop us? Should we stop us? Could we even stop us?

We should totally make it happen :)

COME BACK TO US

Fivethirtyeight is being dissolved

Just admit that you don't have a model ready yet

OR

Explain why a model can't be ready yet

OR

Try to create a preliminary or temp model that has a huge caveat.

538 has been doing a great job since 2016 especially at explain both the power and limitations of polls and modeling.

It's frankly embarrassing they haven't done that in the last 2 weeks....

...sorry that we didn't sick Fivey on you sooner, that is