re: #14 Lidane

Yep. He called all 50 states correctly AND he also called the Electoral College vote exactly:

[Link: www.slate.com…]

The man is a stats god. That is all.

Well, honestly, I wouldn’t be surprised if a simple average of all of the latest state polls got you 50/50. It would certainly get you very close, 45/50 or better. Far, far better than Dick Morris.

That’s the thing. Nate Silver isn’t some sort of prognosticator extraordinaire (although he’s very, very good at explaining what he’s doing to a broader audience). Data told us what was going to happen.

Science, bitches. It works.