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Re: Those correction notices, in full

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The paper [1] is linked in the OP. Section 3, the section invalidated by the errata, looks at data on voter preferences. So the answer to your question is "a lot", assuming that you think that "using data on the beliefs of voters" is in some way important to a paper on electoral strategy.

[1] http://www.stat.columbia.edu/~gelman/research/published/AOAS...

Re: Those correction notices, in full

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FWIW, I don't think this is really a Trump era exclusive. People have always believed whatever they wanted to believe, facts and accuracy be damned. IMHO understanding this as an inexorable human condition makes it much easier to understand the world.

What actually matters is people can be persuaded to _want_ to believe different things, so the only real leverage is in shaping those wants—not in being right.

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