But you have to hand it to Silver in one regard: He warned throughout the entire election cycle that there was a non-trivial chance Trump might win the election (via the Electoral College) even while losing the popular vote. In the end, that’s exactly what happened–though that fact, and the fact that no one else really sounded the alarm about that potential result, will likely do little to repair FiveThirtyEight’s, and Silver’s, reputation in the near term.

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