Nate Silver

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What Was Nate Silver’s Data Revolution?

Silver, a former professional poker player, was in the business of measuring probabilities. Many readers mistook him for an oracle.

By Jay Caspian Kang

June 13, 2023

Daily Shouts

Welcome to Nate Silver’s Haunted House

By Luke Burns

October 28, 2016

Daily Cartoon

Morning Cartoon: Wednesday, September 21st

By David Sipress

September 21, 2016

John Cassidy

Donald Trump, Nate Silver, and the Value of Data Journalism

By John Cassidy

May 6, 2016

John Cassidy

Why Didn’t Anyone See the G.O.P. Tidal Wave Coming?

By John Cassidy

November 7, 2014

News Desk

Democrats Now Have a Seventy-Per-Cent Chance of Retaining Control of the Senate

By Sam Wang

September 9, 2014

Page-Turner

What Nate Silver Gets Wrong

By Gary Marcus and Ernest Davis

January 25, 2013

Poems

Greetings, Friends!

By Ian Frazier

December 9, 2012

Shouts & Murmurs

A Date with Nate

By Paul Rudnick

November 11, 2012

John Cassidy

Cassidy’s Count: A Victory for the Pollsters and the Forecasters

By John Cassidy

November 8, 2012

Comment

Empty Wallets

By George Packer

July 18, 2011

Amy Davidson Sorkin

Close Look: The Argentines Are All Right

By Amy Davidson Sorkin

July 16, 2010

News Desk

To-Do List: 431,000 Jobs; 80,000 Pages of E-mails

By Samantha Henig

June 4, 2010

Amy Davidson Sorkin

Britain’s Marginal Projections

By Amy Davidson Sorkin

May 5, 2010

Amy Davidson Sorkin

Close Look: Fighting Words

By Amy Davidson Sorkin

March 15, 2010