I could do without the threads. But the song is cool.

The Polls Are All Wrong. A Startup Called Civis Is Our Best Hope to Fix Them - Wired.

I don't know whether to be inspired or very scared.

Nothing new. Correct application of random and stratified sampling as well as competent machine learning. I started working with that in the early 90s. And, as is the case with all probabilistic modeling, it is very often wrong when the assumptions are wrong. The only thing new is that with today's hardware, Monte Carlo simulation is much faster and the random number generators are more efficient. So, it is possible to get results faster and more accurately than in the past.
And of course big data - storage, collection and analysis is faster and easier.

Notice that the lyrics overemphasize "...and I'm gonna be high...and I'm gonna be high...and I'm gonna be higher than a kite by then."

It's the special Dance Club version of the track. X-cellent

I saw him perform this piece in person at the Nassau Colliseum back when dinosaurs roamed the earth

i have always thought those kind of responses are strange. I see it as simply another evolutionary step in data analysis.

Now if one of those guys used a crystal ball ...

I do think the article made one very important point: If your poll depends on random landline calls, it is worthless now. Unless you want to know how elderly white ladies are going to vote.

A lot of younger voters don't even have landlines, and those that do rarely answer them.

Hillary insight

And that is why I think she will make a particularly effective President: She is not motivated by status competition: She doesn't need "to win". She wants to form relationships and find common ground in order to move forward.

It's sounds like the guy/gal who gets married and then realizes he/she ain't what they thought. So you start to justify your mistake. Rationalizing away the obvious.
Hillary has a record. It hasn't been the best of records, but like all politicians (human beings) it has high points and low points.
And I don't give a shyte what she's like personally. She could be the nicest person or a mean ahole. Makes no nevermind. The only thing that matters is what she will do once she's in office.
And that remains to be seen.
Klein is not exactly an impartial observer. So I take his opinion with a grain of salt.