>They were predicting a split election. Who was? A 50% chance to win does not imply that the vote count will be close. Also: statistical uncertainty is a feat

>They were predicting a split election. Who was? A 50% chance to win does not imply that the vote count will be close. Also: statistical uncertainty is a feature not a bug. A lot of the idea behind statistics is the ability to quantify the certainty of the point estimate. As another commenter put it: a statistically sound "idk" is a better result than a confidently incorrect estimate, from a statistical standpoint.