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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOK, I never heard on Nate Silver until a few days ago. Here he is from wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_SilverFASCINATING!
grantcart
(53,061 posts)Now covers polls for the NYT.
DippyDem
(659 posts)Suich
(10,642 posts)Indykatie
(3,697 posts)He's not a pollster though. His analysis of polls is incredible and he is a political writer as well.
OregonBlue
(7,754 posts)Cali_Democrat
(30,439 posts)MSM journalists have been contacting him, trying to get him to stop because his predictions are starting to trend toward Obama in a big way. The media wants a horse race for ratings and $$$ and Nate Silver is like a fly in the ointment to them.
Unfortunately statisticians like Nate Silver don't take into account voter suppression
Hamlette
(15,412 posts)but I know nothing. I've read about his model but not recently.
Hamlette
(15,412 posts)I forgot. I remember being so happy that we won NC and if you'd asked me I'd of said we lost Indiana. Indiana was the one Nate got wrong. I thought he got NC wrong.
Doesn't look so good this year but it will be interesting. NC is possible this year.
Ground game.