Notes from a former red Republican political strategist who's turned PURPLE...
WELCOME
Don't know if you've read me from the beginning in Oct. of '02 or stuck with me when my posts dropped off after Bush 2.0's re-election in '04 but 2008 is too important an election not
to comment given my unique perspective, so I blog. If you're new here and don't know what the hell I'm talking about, see below.
11/7/2008 10:01 AM
bones wrote:
Nate nailed this election. He is now the authority. It'll be interesting to see where he takes 538... I'll be watching. Reply to this
11/7/2008 10:10 AM
Little Ms Purple wrote:
He sure did... what a story... comes out of nowhere, doesn't conduct any polling just uses everyone else's numbers and a nails it. From Baseball statistics to politics, who'd a thunk it?
11/7/2008 11:02 AM
bones wrote:
As a sports fanatic and computer programmer myself, it's really not that surprising. He's the new breed of baseball men. Sabermetricians, as they are known. It's just that most people just collec the data and looks at it. He applies sound probability and pumps it through an algorithm thousands of times to "smooth out" the results. It's really quite awesome and cool to see him succeed.
It's also the reason why the Red Sox have risen to power (shameless Sox fan plug). Reply to this
Nate nailed this election. He is now the authority. It'll be interesting to see where he takes 538... I'll be watching.
Reply to this
He sure did... what a story... comes out of nowhere, doesn't conduct any polling just uses everyone else's numbers and a nails it. From Baseball statistics to politics, who'd a thunk it?
Reply to this
As a sports fanatic and computer programmer myself, it's really not that surprising. He's the new breed of baseball men. Sabermetricians, as they are known. It's just that most people just collec the data and looks at it. He applies sound probability and pumps it through an algorithm thousands of times to "smooth out" the results. It's really quite awesome and cool to see him succeed.
It's also the reason why the Red Sox have risen to power (shameless Sox fan plug).
Reply to this