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Nate Silver on African-Americans, Prop 8. and Being A Hero to Gays & Geeks Everywhere
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| Contributor | Homegrown Democrat |
| Last Edited | Homegrown Democrat Nov 21, 2008 05:33pm |
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| Category | Interview |
| News Date | Friday, November 21, 2008 11:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | Dork genius Nate Silver is one of the 2008 campaign's breakout stars. Throughout the election he applied the statistical prowess he uses at his day job (he's an analyst at Baseball Prospectus) to the presidential race. The Internet ate up his mathematical approach to punditry and his website, FiveThirtyEight, was swamped with 5 million visits on Election Day.
When the dust settled, Silver had called the electoral map almost perfectly, with only Obama flipping Indiana and Nebraska splitting its electoral votes coming as a surprise.
In the wake of California's Proposition 8, which outlaws same-sex marriage, passing, people turned to exit polls and voting records to determine whodunit, with some blaming the African-American vote as the tipping point. Silver decided to use his site to break the numbers down and debunk some Prop. 8 myths, especially regarding whether African-American support for Obama tipped the scales in the measure's favor. |
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