FiveThirtyEight's editor in chief Nate Silver thinks it is too early to start predicting the general election. | Getty Nate Silver rips Trump-Clinton polls in 8-part Twitter rant

Nate Silver thinks it's time to pump the brakes on predicting the results of a Donald Trump-Hillary Clinton matchup in November.

"For f--k's sake, America. You're going to make go on a rant about general election polls -- in May?" the editor in chief of FiveThirtyEight wrote as part of a tweetstorm on Tuesday.


Silver said Clinton has an about 6 percent lead over Trump nationally, but cautioned: "It's early. Trump could win. Also, he could lose in a landslide." He added that Trump's presumptive nomination and Clinton's ongoing battle with Bernie Sanders could be having an effect — "We'll know more in June."

The statistician said he wouldn't have polls of each state for "a few months."

8. It's usually not worth it to diagnose why an individual poll deviates from the consensus. Think 'macro' not micro—look for robust trends. — Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) May 10, 2016

He also warned his followers to check whether pollsters interview likely voters or registered voters.

"The election will go through a lot of twists and turns, and polls are noisy. Don't sweat individual polls or short-term fluctuations," Silver tweeted.