[cwhiz]

No one is purporting election forecasting to be scientific.

[bigbubba]

Some of your sibling comments seem to suggest otherwise.

[cwhiz]

Well, HN commenters don’t speak for the people doing election forecasting. I think Silver would describe it as educated guesswork.

[bigbubba]

I suppose you meant that election forecasters don't claim election forecasting is a science, not 'no one.' I don't mean to quibble, this meaning was not at all clear in your original comment, nor did I expect that meaning from the context of the comment you responded to.