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For questions about political data (such as approval ratings of US presidents) and political events (such as elections).

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Explanation of what Nate Silver said about loess

The problem with lowess or loess is that it uses a polynomial interpolation. It is well known in forecasting that polynomials have erratic behavior in the tails. When interpolating, piecewise 3rd degr …
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