I love political statistics. As a recovering political scientist and briefly-professional election-botherer, it’s both a job and a passion. When someone asks what I think of Nate Silver, I respond with a hearty and enthusiastic, “He’s fine.” More seriously, I deeply appreciate everything he and his quant-y peers (such as Nate Cohn at the NYT Upshot) have done to bring the concepts of political science to the mass public. So I was fascinated to read about this recent
Don't Read Election Forecasts
Don't Read Election Forecasts
Don't Read Election Forecasts
I love political statistics. As a recovering political scientist and briefly-professional election-botherer, it’s both a job and a passion. When someone asks what I think of Nate Silver, I respond with a hearty and enthusiastic, “He’s fine.” More seriously, I deeply appreciate everything he and his quant-y peers (such as Nate Cohn at the NYT Upshot) have done to bring the concepts of political science to the mass public. So I was fascinated to read about this recent