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Displaying all articles tagged:
Nate Silver
politics
Mar. 26, 2021
What Did We Learn About Political Polling in 2020?
With Trump and the pandemic, clear answers have been hard to come by.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Oct. 15, 2020
2020’s Top Election Forecasters Are Fighting on Twitter
Nate Silver and G. Elliott Morris are trying to make sense of 2020 — and each other.
By
Matthew Zeitlin
vision 2020
Aug. 13, 2020
In the 2020 Race, Uncertainty Is All Trump Has Going for Him
Most of the developments that could produce a Trump comeback and win are beyond the president’s control.
By
Ed Kilgore
vision 2020
Jan. 24, 2020
Could Bloomberg’s Billions Boost the Odds of a Contested Convention?
If multiple candidates steam towards Super Tuesday, Bloomberg’s massive spending on that and later dates could make forming a majority tough.
By
Ed Kilgore
impeachment
Dec. 12, 2019
No, Democrats Aren’t Plotting to Overturn Trump Victories Past or Future
In claiming a “coup,” Republicans may be projecting their own unwillingness to acknowledge the popular will onto Democrats.
By
Ed Kilgore
May 30, 2018
Polling Is Still Working, According to Nate Silver
There’s wide variance in the new pollster ratings, but the upshot is that polling is not broken (yet).
By
Ed Kilgore
Jan. 27, 2017
How Should Political Journalists Handicap Elections?
Steve Bannon has called out the “elite press” for misjudging the 2016 race. Is now the right moment to take a lesson?
By
Ed Kilgore
polls
Nov. 11, 2016
Nate Silver on What the Polls Got Wrong, and Right, About This Election
And what he got wrong, and right.
By
Benjamin Wallace
Nov. 7, 2016
Nate Silver’s Forecast (Probably) Overstates Trump’s Chances
FiveThirtyEight isn’t “unskewing” polls. But the site’s forecasting model is based on assumptions that inflate Trump’s prospects.
By
Eric Levitz
June 29, 2016
No, Nate Silver’s Not ‘Predicting’ Who Will Win the Presidency
It’s a
forecast.
Got it?
By
Ed Kilgore
mea culpas
Aug. 14, 2014
Nate Silver Apologizes for Ferguson Arrest Story
“My anecdote was so minor as compared to Ferguson that last night wasn’t the right time for me to share.”
By
Joe Coscarelli
ferguson
Aug. 14, 2014
Nate Silver’s Tone-Deaf Burrito Arrest Story
How not to tweet during a national tragedy.
By
Joe Coscarelli
the national interest
Apr. 17, 2014
Why the New Data Journalism Really Is Partisan
Data journalism, Obamacare, and the elusive quest for fairness.
By
Jonathan Chait
wonk-stained wretches
Apr. 10, 2014
Ezra Klein on Vox’s Launch, Media Condescension, and Competing With Wikipedia
The wonk king speaks in-depth about his new explanatory journalism site.
By
Joe Coscarelli
media
Mar. 28, 2014
Nate Silver Only Cares About Some of the Haters
The FiveThirtyEight founder explains which on
The Daily Show
.
By
Joe Coscarelli
Mar. 27, 2014
Why Paul Krugman Turned Against Nate Silver
The roots of the greatest nerd war ever.
By
Jonathan Chait
party lines
Mar. 25, 2014
Katie Couric on Nate Silver and Women in Media
Wisdom from those who would know.
By
Kylie Gilbert
and
Joe Coscarelli
the national interest
Mar. 19, 2014
Nate Silver and Obama’s Bracket Having a Sparty Party
Biased and wrong.
By
Jonathan Chait
blog-stained wretches
Mar. 17, 2014
The All-New, Stat-Heavy FiveThirtyEight, by the Numbers
Nate Silver’s new mega-site is live. Time for first impressions!
By
Joe Coscarelli
blog-stained wretches
Mar. 13, 2014
Nate Silver Interview: The New FiveThirtyEight
The site debuts on Monday, but the numbers whiz is only 75 percent ready.
By
Joe Coscarelli
blog-stained wretches
Mar. 10, 2014
New Media Venture Spring Is Officially Upon Us
The New York
Times
’ new data-driven project gets a name, and ESPN announces another use for Nate Silver’s FiveThirtyEight.
By
Caroline Bankoff
blog-stained wretches
Mar. 8, 2014
The New FiveThirtyEight Launches Very Soon
March 17.
By
Caroline Bankoff
ink-stained wretches
Nov. 20, 2013
New York
Times
Replaces Nate Silver, Reorganizes D.C. Coverage
More changes at the Grey Lady.
By
Joe Coscarelli
ink-stained wretches
Nov. 12, 2013
The New York
Times
Has Lost a Lot of Big Names This Year
The Paper of Record is losing very visible talent.
By
Joe Coscarelli
blog-stained wretches
Sept. 25, 2013
Nate Silver’s New FiveThirtyEight Wants to Hire More Nate Silvers
In sports, politics, and economics.
By
Joe Coscarelli
July 22, 2013
Nate Silver Didn’t Come Here to Make Friends
He dismisses grumblings from former
Times
colleagues.
By
Adam Martin
blog-stained wretches
July 21, 2013
What Made Nate Silver Leave the New York
Times
?
The promise of airtime and a lot of editorial freedom, according to Politico.
By
Delia Paunescu
media
July 20, 2013
Nate Silver Is Leaving the New York
Times
for ESPN
Where he’s expected to work with Keith Olbermann.
By
Caroline Bankoff
Dec. 18, 2012
Ranking Nate Silver’s Trashiest Post-Election Trash Talk
He’s been doing a lot of it.
By
Dan Amira
early and awesome
Nov. 21, 2012
Obama Slipped a Nate Silver Joke and a Romney Jab Into His Turkey Pardon
Obama says he has “one more gift to give.”
By
Margaret Hartmann
Sept. 28, 2012
Q&A With Nate Silver on His Book, Romney, Polls
Also: Dick Morris, poker, the weather, and Hillary.
By
Dan Amira
Dec. 11, 2011
The Great Uncertainty in Forecasting the Primaries
Nate Silver takes a shot at it anyway.
By
Andre Tartar
early and often
Sept. 14, 2011
Do the Democrats’ Special Election Losses Mean Anything?
Probably, yeah. They mean the Democrats are in trouble.
By
Dan Amira
early and often
July 21, 2011
Moderate GOP Governors No Longer Exist
Nate Silver does the math, as is his wont.
By
Dan Amira
nancy pelosi bionic woman
July 8, 2011
Will Pelosi Be Central to a Debt Deal?
Boehner might want to start researching chocolatiers.
By
Noreen Malone
election hangover
Nov. 5, 2010
Rasmussen Was Off on One Poll by 40 Points
Nate Silver ranks the pollsters.
By
Dan Amira
early and often
Aug. 31, 2010
People Really Do Not Want to Vote for Democrats This Year
The GOP has its best showing in Gallup’s generic ballot poll since 1942.
By
Dan Amira
blog-stained wretches
June 3, 2010
Times
to Host FiveThirtyEight and Make Nate Silver Regular Contributor
A victory for the little guy who is obsessed with numbers!
By
Chris Rovzar
neighborhood news
Apr. 13, 2010
Nate Silver: More on
New York
Neighborhood Livability Index
The statistician explains the numbers behind our neighborhood ratings.
By
Chris Rovzar
election 2009
Nov. 1, 2009
NY-23 Race Impossible to Predict
So says Nate Silver.
By
Adam K. Raymond
the cuddle muddle
June 4, 2009
Math Confirms Governor Paterson Is Not Popular
Thanks, Nate Silver!
By
Dan Amira
equal rites
May 14, 2009
New York Evenly Divided on Gay Marriage
New poll shows 46–46 split on gay marriage, while Nate Silver is pessimistic that it’ll pass the State Senate.
By
Dan Amira
the downturnaround
Feb. 9, 2009
Rock and Roll Is Recession-Proof
In today’s digest of good economic news: Hedge funds get back on the plus side, Nate Silver applies his magical mind to the economy, and rock and roll plays so loud it can’t even hear the recession.
By
Hugo Lindgren
Nov. 13, 2008
Would Clinton Really Have Beaten McCain by a Wider Margin Than Obama?
That’s what
CBS
News and Drudge would have you believe.
By
Chris Rovzar