Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Nate Silver got it right

President Barack Obama wasn’t the only big election winner in the United States: Political polling geek Nate Silver finally got revenge over the pundits. Throughout the campaign, Mr. Silver was the focus of often bitter attacks for his consistent high odds in favour of Mr. Obama’s re-election. In the end, however, the statistician and blogger won a flood of plaudits for correctly predicting the presidential results in all 50 states, providing Florida holds for Mr. Obama.
 via The Globe and Mail/more

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