Silver's models accurately predicted Obama's easy cruise to re-election last year, despite being dismissed by supporters of his Republican rival, Mitt Romney, as biased and partisan.
October 19, 2013

Precocious US political predictor looks to next venture (via AFP)

Rock star statistician Nate Silver, who made numbers cool by giving near-perfect predictions of US votes in 2008 and 2012, will soon relaunch his website in a new home, just in time for the next election cycle. Speaking to a packed house at the Online…

 

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