Nate Silver

Nate Silver

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Nate Silver is an American statistician, author, and founder of the data journalism website FiveThirtyEight. Known for his expertise in statistical analysis and predictive modeling, Silver gained prominence for his accurate forecasts during the 2008 and 2012 U.S. presidential elections. He has written extensively on the art of risk-taking, exploring how individuals and states can navigate uncertain outcomes through informed decision-making.

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Nate Silver, a top political data analyst, criticized California's slow vote counting as indicative of failed state behavior.

Top political data analyst slams California's slow vote counting as failed state behavior
Fox News·United StatesUnited States· 2026-06-03
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According to an aggregation of polls by Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin, Mr. Trump’s net approval is now minus 14.9 per cent.

What if we have already passed peak Trump?
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2026-02-15
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Nate Silver commented on the Washington Post's loss of influence after alienating its core audience.

Is Jeff Bezos going to destroy the Washington Post? It sure looks like it | Margaret Sullivan
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2026-02-02
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Nate Silver is a pollster who calculates average values from numerous surveys regarding Trump's approval ratings.

Amerikaner unzufrieden mit Trump: Umfragen zeigen sinkende Beliebtheit - Politik
Süddeutsche Zeitung·GermanyGermany· 2026-01-18
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Nate Silver explained the systematic bias in polling after the 2024 election.

De cara a las elecciones, ¿aún podemos creer en las encuestas?
La Nación – main Costa Rican daily, est. 1946·Costa RicaCosta Rica· 2025-10-21
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Nate Silver is a polling expert who concluded that James Comey's actions likely cost Hillary Clinton the 2016 election.

Jim Comey’s long arc into the jaws of Donald Trump’s campaign of retribution
CNN·United StatesUnited States· 2025-10-08
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Nate Silver's polling average showed Trump's approval rating as of Tuesday.

Fact check: Trump litters UN speech with false claims about climate, inflation, immigration and world peace
CNN·United StatesUnited States· 2025-09-24
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Nate Silver compared the current climate to the post-9/11 atmosphere of 'you're either with us or against us'.

Funerale (quasi) di Stato per Kirk. Gli Stati Uniti piangono ma sono spaccati sulla libertà di parola
Corriere della Sera·ItalyItaly· 2025-09-21
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Nate Silver is an analyst who explains the differences in approval ratings due to methodology.

¿Por qué Donald Trump asegura tener 70 por ciento de aprobación en Estados Unidos cuando las encuestas dicen todo lo contrario?
El Tiempo·ColombiaColombia· 2025-09-05
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Political analyst Nate Silver is already touting Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez as the favorite to win the party’s 2028 nomination.

The Democrats won’t be in the dumps for long
The Globe and Mail·CanadaCanada· 2025-08-07
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Nate Silver's analysis shows that 55 percent of Americans dislike Elon Musk.

Karin Eriksson: Musk ställer rätt diagnos och föreslår fel lösning
Dagens Nyheter·SwedenSweden· 2025-07-06
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Nate Silver analyzed Trump's approval ratings and noted a significant decline in April.

Opinion | ‘This Is Less Like Governing and More Like a Really Nauseating Amusement Park Ride’: 3 Writers on Trump 2.0
The New York Times·United StatesUnited States· 2025-05-16
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Nate Silver noted that Parolin's chances increased as the white smoke emerged from the conclave.

Why prediction markets failed to see the American pope coming
CNN·United StatesUnited States· 2025-05-10
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Silver is an expert who has been vocal about the implications of Prevost's election.

Oriente Occidente di Rampini | Papa americano sì, ma anti-Trump, dice l'opposizione Usa
Corriere della Sera·ItalyItaly· 2025-05-09
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FiveThirtyEight founder and prominent pollster Nate Silver signaled earlier this month that Ocasio-Cortez is the leading Democrat to pick up the party's presidential nomination in 2028.

WATCH: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez doesn't rule out 2028 presidential bid
Fox News·United StatesUnited States· 2025-04-29
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Many politicos, including FiveThirtyEight founder and prominent pollster Nate Silver, are predicting that she will be the Democratic Party's nominee in the 2028 election.

Carville calls for Dems to stop letting Bernie Sanders and AOC define the party
Fox News·United StatesUnited States· 2025-04-26
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Nate Silver signaled that Ocasio-Cortez is the leading Democrat to pick up the party's presidential nomination in 2028.

'We are one': AOC campaign video swirls 2028 presidential rumors
Fox News·United StatesUnited States· 2025-04-25
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Prominent pollster Nate Silver predicted that Ocasio-Cortez will be the Democratic Party's nomination for president in 2028.

Former congressman Joe Crowley casts doubt on AOC as a national candidate
Fox News·United StatesUnited States· 2025-04-24
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Nate Silver is a political analyst who believes Ocasio-Cortez could be a strong candidate for the 2028 presidential nomination.

Democrats' identity crisis: Youth revolt rocks party after Trump comeback
Fox News·United StatesUnited States· 2025-04-22
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Prominent pollsters like FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver predict that progressive icon Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be the figure to beat in the next Democratic presidential primary.

Harris to return to political arena at high-dollar DNC fundraiser in May
Fox News·United StatesUnited States· 2025-04-19
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Nate Silver predicts Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez will be the next Democratic presidential nominee.

Pollster Nate Silver predicts AOC will be next Democratic presidential nominee
Fox News·United StatesUnited States· 2025-04-17
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Nate Silver is the statistician behind the Silver Bulletin that tracks public opinion on Elon Musk.

Πάνω από τους μισούς Αμερικανούς έχουν αρνητική γνώμη για τον Ελον Μασκ
Kathimerini·GreeceGreece· 2025-04-15
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Nate Silver criticized Trump's methodology for being overly complex and misleading.

La gran mentira de Trump: así es la fórmula con la que ha calculado los aranceles | Internacional
El País·SpainSpain· 2025-04-03
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Nate Silver's analysis indicates that Donald Trump has experienced a popularity deficit for the first time.

Trump-Wähler im Zwiespalt: Unzufriedenheit wächst
Neue Zürcher Zeitung·SwitzerlandSwitzerland· 2025-03-17
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Poll guru Nate Silver observed that the decline in Trump's approval rating has been a fast one.

Donald Trump's approval rating drops since election, Nate Silver explains why
The Times of India·IndiaIndia· 2025-03-14
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Nate Silver, the founder of FiveThirtyEight, expressed his disappointment with the website closing down.

Political poll news site 538 to close amid larger shuttering across ABC and Disney | US news
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-03-06
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Polling expert Nate Silver noted the partisan nature of the Rasmussen polling firm.

Out-of-date polls to wrong aid amounts: factchecking Trump’s Congress address | Donald Trump
The Guardian·United KingdomUnited Kingdom· 2025-03-05
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Nate Silver reflects on the ability to take risks in his book 'On the Edge: The Art of Risking Everything'.

Krajiny, ktoré nezvládnu adaptáciu na AI, sa stanú technologicky závislými od veľmocí
SME – major Slovak daily, est. 1993·SlovakiaSlovakia· 2025-02-18
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