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Nate Silver Just Became Out Magazine’s Person Of The Year

by David Badash ● 12:56 PM December 18, 2012

Nate Silver, the heralded statistician who correctly predicted the presidential election, including each state, has been named Out Magazine’s Person of the Year.

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It Doesn’t Matter Nate Silver Is Gay. It Matters America Knows He Is.

by David Badash ● 3:50 AM November 18, 2012

Nate Silver, the incredibly accurate statistician who predicted the 2008 and 2012 elections almost exactly, is gay. Here’s why it matters America knows.

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Obama Now Has 91.6% Chance Of Winning Re-Election, Says Nate Silver

by David Badash ● 9:43 AM November 6, 2012

President Obama now has a 91.6% chance of winning re-election, predicts the New York Times’ Nate Silver, via his FiveThirtyEight blog.

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NY Times’ Nate Silver Predicts 83.7 Percent Chance Of Obama Win

by David Badash ● 9:41 AM November 3, 2012

The New York Times’ Nate Silver continues to increase his predictions of a President Obama win, and now gives Obama an 83.7% chance of a second term, with 305 electoral votes.

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Tweet Factoid Of The Day: Mitt Romney And The Polls

by David Badash ● 1:44 PM September 8, 2012

FiveThirtyEight’s Nate Silver tweets, “Kind of striking that Romney has NEVER led in the national polling average, even though the race has usually been very close.”

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Animated Kids Film About Rebels Fighting The Fed. Can’t Make This Up.

by David Badash ● 2:00 PM September 9, 2011

“We’re trying to let it be something that Libertarians and silver people enjoy,” says the creator of an animated feature-length film about rebels fighting the Fed.

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