Doug Masson

@baseballot @joshtpm Learned my lesson from hyped up exit polls about Kerry in 2004.

@Hoosier47906 @AttyAbdul Wikipedia says 391,000 cast votes for President in 2020 in Marion County.

@AttyAbdul What's 2020 turnout? Any idea on M/F breakout?

43% turnout in Marion County. Nearly 283,000 votes cast.

Had a nice chat with a guy running a Purdue voting shuttle. Apparently he’s not getting a lot of takers. Short lines at West Lafayette City Hall.

@misterfrumble I don’t really what I’m talking about but my thought is that it has to do with trying to model the likely voter pool as being the same as 2020 which ends up mostly pre-determining the poll result regardless of actual responses.

@misterfrumble I’m tempted but won’t give into the temptation to think there is any kind of overt conspiracy by the more or less reputable sources. (There are obviously right wing pollsters up to shenanigans.) But the stability of the polling seems peculiar enough to suggest problems.

Convinced that @NateSilver538 & pollsters have a vested interest in making the race look to be a tossup, that way no matter what happens they can say they weren't wrong. Ditto media wanting it close for clicks Not saying it ISN'T a tossup but take the stats w/a grain of salt.

West Lafayette City Hall- small trickle - no waiting!

NBC’s Election Night Republican Pundit Disclosed as Foreign Agent of Qatar thewrap.com/nbc-election-n…

The @IHSAA1 is excited to celebrate 50 Years of IHSAA Girls Basketball w/ a new feature hosted by @JaneCSchott where she talks w/ Girls Basketball legends! On the 1st episode, she speaks with State Champion/Ms. Basketball Judi Warren! youtu.be/SOn6Z7S_bCc #IHSAAGirlsHoopsAt50

Political punditry on the Presidential race is like spitting into a hurricane. But, for what it’s worth, Masson’s Blog has endorsed Kamala Harris for President. masson.us/blog/vote-harr…

“We could get better, because we’re not dead yet.” Amen, Frank Turner. Amen.

Fox host: She called him a fascist @PeteButtigieg: She said she did not disagree with his Chief of Staff John Kelly who called him a fascist Fox host: Do you agree with John Kelly? Buttigieg: I don’t think John Kelly is wrong. He knows Trump much better than I do

It has never occurred to me to ask my wife who she voted for, though I do know for a fact she has never voted for Trump.

@RealJacobPerry I’ve never seen my wife’s ballot. But there are signs. For example she helped write a book in 2017.

I mean, after 27 years I have a pretty good idea how she feels about things

the guy who just mansplained The Handmaid’s Tale to the author of The Handmaid’s Tale

This is batshit insane.

#8 Notre Dame - Bye #9 BYU - Bye Nobody between 7-13 won this week.

In the 1960s the nutty far right decided fluoride in America’s drinking water was a communist plot, and in Omaha a big backer of banning it was our across-the-street neighbor Marge Lamp, mother of Ginni Lamp, the future far-right nut Mrs. Clarence Thomas. nytimes.com/2024/11/02/us/…

I’m so proud of this ad and so grateful for the amazing cast of the West Wing for providing the narration. Our team is the best of the best.

I kinda can’t wait to see what else they propose over the next couple of days... “Fuck gravity!”

@BenjySarlin @ckloote Not iodized salt, I hope.

The other reason to take the Selzer poll with a grain of salt is what if it turns out people really hate fluoridated water at the last second