The Election Is Tightening—Don't Waste Your Vote

by Dan Savage
Courtesy of Nate Silver: a reality check for lefties telling themselves they can "safely" vote for Jill "Harambe" Stein because Clinton has this in the bag...
Clinton’s ahead, by a margin of about 3 percentage points in an average of national polls, or 4 points in our popular vote composite, which is based on both national polls and state polls. While the race has tightened, be wary of claims that the election is too close to call—that isn’t where the preponderanc