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Polling and Election Results: Nate Silver

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Take a look at the final set of polling on real clear politics, and take a look at the final election results (when they're posted this week). Which polls seemed to nail it and why?

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The person most responsible for predicting the 2012 presidential election wasn't a pollster or a poll but was a statistician named Nate Silver. Not only did he predict with over 90% accuracy this presidential election; Silver also predicted 49 out of the 50 states accurately in the 2008 election. Time has named him one of the most influential people in the world. Nate ...

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