Nate Silver: Democrats early favorites to hold Senate
The GOP needs six seats to take control. His map places many Democratic seats in jeopardy -- but maybe not enough
Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 12:15 PM UTCPolitics Nate Silver, 2014 elections
The GOP needs six seats to take control. His map places many Democratic seats in jeopardy -- but maybe not enough
Thursday, Feb 21, 2013 12:15 PM UTCDuring his Reddit "Ask Me Anything," the statistician discussed the frustrations of quantitative political analysis
Tuesday, Jan 8, 2013 9:26 PM UTC 13It's what we do with statistics that matters: Just ask the math geeks whose fancy models tanked the global economy
Sunday, Jan 6, 2013 5:00 PM UTC 26Her widely heralded term as secretary of state has ended in turmoil. Could it affect her presidential prospects?
Friday, Dec 21, 2012 9:23 PM UTC 19A new survey reveals the public remains wary of America's best known poll guru, even after nailing the election
Wednesday, Dec 5, 2012 9:03 PM UTC 39On Bill Simmons' podcast, Silver says the site tries to cover politics like sports, "but not in an intelligent way"
Friday, Nov 30, 2012 5:05 PM UTC 15Movie studios, record labels, even the CIA have embraced computer models to predict events. It might not be smart
Friday, Nov 30, 2012 10:00 AM UTCThe president got laugh out of a line about Nate Silver. But he might have also taken a shot at his old opponent VIDEO
Thursday, Nov 22, 2012 2:30 PM UTC 13The president cracks a joke about the New York Times blogger who predicted the Election Day results VIDEO
Wednesday, Nov 21, 2012 7:40 PM UTC 10After publicly deriding the poll guru's methodology, the "Morning Joe" co-host offers a belated apology
Wednesday, Nov 21, 2012 3:13 PM UTC 31Contrary to reports, the Romney camp probably wasn't terribly surprised by the election results
Wednesday, Nov 21, 2012 1:58 PM UTC 20With the election over, the stats whiz dives back into baseball. Can he have an influence on the AL MVP award?
Thursday, Nov 15, 2012 3:33 PM UTCThe polling firm complains operations like FiveThirtyEight could spoil polling for everyone
Tuesday, Nov 13, 2012 8:47 PM UTC 52When Republicans perform a full autopsy on the 2012 elections, they'll realize they only deluded themselves
Saturday, Nov 10, 2012 3:00 PM UTC 80Votes are still being counted, but the New York Times poll guru appears to have predicted every state correctly
Wednesday, Nov 7, 2012 7:27 AM UTC 35The president dips to a 91 percent favorite -- but Democratic chances of holding the Senate soar in Silver's latest
Tuesday, Nov 6, 2012 12:28 PM UTC 18UPDATED: The 10 p.m. numbers from every Democrat's favorite stats geek show dramatic new movement to the president
Tuesday, Nov 6, 2012 2:49 AM UTC 78The president's likelihood of re-election ticks even higher in the influential New York Times blog
Monday, Nov 5, 2012 12:38 PM UTC 13The president nears his high-water mark in the influential survey, rebounding almost to pre-Denver debate levels
Sunday, Nov 4, 2012 12:07 PM UTC 92Obama's the clear choice Tuesday. But the writer doubts progressives will find a louder voice in a second term
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