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The speaker is saying that election results can be hard to interpret when they happen outside the usual midterm or presidential-election cycles. The caution is that those off-cycle elections may not tell us much about larger political trends. In other words, the speaker prefers not to draw strong conclusions from them.
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About Harry Enten
American journalist and data analyst
Harry Joe Enten is an American journalist and data analyst. He is the Chief Data Analyst for CNN and hosts CNN’s Margins of Error podcast. He previously worked as a senior political writer and analyst at FiveThirtyEight. He is often described as part of a newer wave of political journalists who rely on data-driven reporting rather than covering campaigns from the trail.
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