Karl Whelan

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Monthly Archives: July 2013

Polls, Pundits And Nate Silver: It’s The Electoral College, Not Rocket Science

Posted on July 23, 2013 by kwhelan

I’ve always loved Nate Silver’s 538 blog going back to before it was hosted by the New York Times. Still some of the hype about the role his complex mathematical models played in predicting the US 2012 election is misplaced. A few thoughts here.

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