alt Hacker NewsSpeak for yourself. That's not why I read FiveThirtyEight.
The purpose of FiveThirtyEight was never to be an oracle for the average person. It was always a deliberately wonky site for a wonky audience. They were very clear about that in the articles they published and topics they covered.
If we’re brutally honest the vast majority of 538 readers read it to be assured that the right outcome was outcoming.