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Midterm Numbers Offer a Snapshot, Campaigns Demand a Fortune Teller
· New York time
Zach Donnini, VoteHub's head of data science, discussed the latest numbers in key races on The Takeout as the midterms approached. The analysis arrives during the final days of a campaign in which close contests are receiving intense attention. Numbers can describe the state of a race without settling its result. Campaigns and political observers may study every update, but the data still cannot cast the remaining votes. The spreadsheet has been asked to predict the ending; election officials will have the less glamorous job of counting it.
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