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Nate Silver
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by Josh Kalven
2:25pm
Thu Nov 20, 2008

Nate Silver On The Interview Show

Nate Silver

On the first Friday of every month, Mark Bazer hosts "The Interview Show" at The Hideout in Chicago, in which he conducts engaging discussions with three different figures from the area -- whether writers, artists, chefs, etc. Recent guests from the political/media ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
10:30am
Thu Oct 2, 2008

Nate And Dan

Nate Silver

Chicago's own Nate Silver sits down with Dan Rather on his HDNet program...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
2:12pm
Thu Aug 21, 2008
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The Vanishing Health Care Debate

Barack Obama

Front and center during the primaries, the Tribune's Jill Zuckman reports that health care has receded from the presidential campaign, eclipsed by other concerns:

The continual tussle between the two presumptive
presidential nominees — Obama and McCain — has ...

PI Original
by Adam Doster
9:51am
Thu Jul 31, 2008

Obama To Tap DNC Attendees for Help

Barack Obama

Think that trip to Denver in August is going to be all fun and games? The Obama campaign says think again:

Those 75,000 Democrats who will pack a football stadium
for Barack Obama's convention speech won't be there just to whoop and
holler on television. They'...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
4:05pm
Fri Jun 13, 2008

Nate Silver on CNN

Nate Silver

FiveThirtyEight.com founder and Baseball Prospectus managing partner Nate Silver hit the cable networks this morning, appearing on CNN to give some of his state-by-state polling analysis. Check it out:

In other Poblano news, Silver has ...

PI Original
by Josh Kalven
1:37pm
Wed Jun 11, 2008

Getch'er Updated Youth And Minority Turnout Projections Right Heah!

Nate Silver

For those who've spent the past month toying endlessly with the youth and minority turnout model created by statistician and FiveThirtyEight.com author Nate Silver, boy have we got a treat for you: a new version of the model with updated baseline figures!

You can ...

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by Josh Kalven
2:24pm
Fri Jun 6, 2008

All Things Poblano

Nate Silver

Be sure to jog over to FiveThirtyEight today and check out their new general election layout. It's nice. Very nice. Author Nate Silver (aka Poblano) has incorporated a few new features, including a "scenario analysis" and a map that illustrates how Obama and ...

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by Josh Kalven
4:30pm
Sun May 11, 2008
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Obama Over The Top: How New Voters Could Redraw The Electoral Map

Nate Silver

During an April 25 conference call to unveil the Obama campaign's 50-state voter registration drive, deputy campaign manager Steve Hildebrand sounded genuinely exasperated as he tried to steer reporters to the topic at hand.

Despite his best efforts, those on the ...