Nate Silver, a renowned statistician, recently criticized the senior officials of Kamala Harris's presidential campaign for their post-election commentary, suggesting they behaved like "Non-Player Characters with no will of their own.
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According to Mediaite, Silver's critique came after an interview with Dan Pfeiffer, where campaign chair Jen OMalley Dillon expressed frustration over the perceived media bias. Dillon claimed that Trump faced less scrutiny for his limited engagement with traditional media compared to Harris, stating, "we got shit."
Senior advisor Stephanie Cutter echoed Dillon's sentiments, saying, "We got tons of shit that she wasnt doing enough media." OMalley Dillon responded to Cutter's comment with a simple, "Double standard."
Silver, however, was not swayed by their argument. He pointed out that Harris did not conduct a solo network interview until late September, a decision he attributed to the campaign's strategy rather than a media conspiracy. "That was the campaigns choice, not some conspiracy," Silver noted.
He further criticized the campaign team's lack of agency, saying, "The Harris campaign folks are the most non-agentic people Ive encountered in a position of comparable decision-making authority. They dont even see themselves as victims so much as Non-Player Characters with no will of their own."
Silver also dismissed OMalley Dillon's claim that the campaign was significantly disrupted by a hurricane, arguing that it was an odd excuse. "The idea the hurricane was some massive October surprise that specifically disadvantaged Harris is just so weird," he said, adding that the hurricane had less impact on the vote swing in North Carolina and Georgia than in other swing states.
Silver's critique underscores the importance of campaign strategy and media engagement in shaping electoral outcomes, and raises questions about the Harris campaign's decision-making process.
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