Nate Silver

Nate Silver

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Nathaniel Read Silver is an American statistician, political analyst, author, sports gambler, and poker player who analyzes baseball, basketball, football, and elections. He is the founder of FiveThirtyEight and held the position of editor-in-chief there, along with being a special correspondent for ABC News until May 2023.1

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115 posts in the last 8 weeks peak 6 in a day
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Democrats flip Mississippi legislative seats in close results

Grouped with voices who said: The outcome hinges on uncounted and provisional ballots

Looking pretty likely this is going to happen for him unless there's some unknown source of Hyde-Smith votes. Mississippi doesn't have automatic recounts either, although they… View on X

2022 midterms: prediction markets give Democrats Senate edge

Grouped with voices who said: Markets and polls point to a Democratic Senate

The thing is, at this point, Dems can absorb a modest-sized polling error and win the Senate. Not a large one. But they have leads of >=3.0 points in states totaling 5 flips… View on X

Gas and diesel prices climb heading into Nov. 3 elections

Grouped with voices who said: Tracking the data on oil and gas trends

Big runup in oil futures over the past week. Gas prices have stabilized/declined a bit but are lagging relative to oil. This is what may be facing voters as they go to the polls… View on X

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Elections & Campaigns 157 · AI & Technology 16 · Media & Press 15 · Trump Administration 11 · Culture War 7 · COVID & Pandemic 7

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  1. Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), retrieved Nov 7, 2026

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