How data-cruncher Nate Silver correctly called all 50 states

by Laura Domela

During Tuesday’s presidential election, one geek distinctly came to the forefront because he used “big data” to correctly predict all 50 states. His name is Nate Silver, and he’s so good with numbers he might be a witch.

Silver, formerly a successful baseball statistician, had his first big political win in 2008, with his blog FiveThirtyEight correctly predicting a landslide victory for President Obama, with a prediction of 349 electoral votes for Obama compared to his actual haul of 365. In 2008, Silver also predicted the popular vote split between Obama and McCain flawlessly.
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How data-cruncher Nate Silver correctly called all 50 states

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