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November 9, 2012

Why the World Can't Have a Nate Silver

Jay Ulfelder, Foreign Policy

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The quants are riding high after Team Data crushed Team Gut in the U.S. election forecasts. But predicting the Electoral College vote is child's play next to some of these hard targets.

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TAGGED: predictions, elections, 2012, Nate Silver, United States

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