On the eve of California’s primary voting, liberal pollster Nate Silver slammed the Golden State’s vote-counting procedures on Monday and said waiting weeks for an election result should not be tolerated in the United States.
The founder of the polling websiteFiveThirtyEightposted several messages to X late Monday night comparing California to a Third World nation for dragging out the electoral process.
“The fact that California elections often can’t be resolved for weeks is kind of insane and not common in other electoral systems around the world,” Silver wrote, later calling the incompetence an example of “learned helplessness.”
The fact that California elections often can’t be resolved for weeks is kind of insane and not common in other electoral systems around the world.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538)June 2, 2026
Silver wrote that it shouldn’t take “several weeks” to know who the victor is, adding that this kind of system “should be more stigmatized.”
The fact that it’s tolerated is bad too a textbook example of learned helplessness.
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538)June 2, 2026
He alsocomparedCalifornia to a “failed state” for not doing anything to improve the situation.
California voters are going to the polls June 2 for the state’s “jungle primary,” meaning the top two vote-getters advance to the general election in November regardless of party affiliation.
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