FiveThirtyEight: Nate Silver sets us worrywarts straight

[box_in_the_box]

Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight has been getting a bit testy lately, which I suspect is reflective of the types of e-mails he's been receiving recently.

Yesterday, he took the time to ease Obama supporters' fears surrounding Pennsylvania:

Comments

[one_hoopy_frood]

As appropriate as ever. I think a majority of us need to step back a teensy bit so as to avoid a mental breakdown before Wednesday when it's all over.

[cookie_nut]

Yeah.

I don't want to freak out until AFTER the fact.

[one_hoopy_frood]

I need to be at least mentally stable enough to vote without bursting into tears on Tuesday. If I do, it'll be an accomplishment.

[quinatorte]

Wildly overreacting is just what this community does. But it's fucking annoying that they do it.