I view my role now as providing more of a macro-level skepticism, rather than saying this poll is good or this poll is evil.
Nate SilverThe public is even more pessimistic about the economy than even the most bearish economists are.
Nate SilverWhenever you have dynamic interactions between 300 million people and the American economy acting in really complex ways, that introduces a degree of almost chaos theory to the system, in a literal sense.
Nate Silver