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Nate Silver is an American statistician, writer, and political analyst best known for founding the data journalism site FiveThirtyEight, which applies statistical models to elections, sports, and other topics.
He first became widely known in the 2008 U.S. presidential election, when his forecasts correctly called the winner in 49 of 50 states, and in 2012 when his model correctly predicted all 50 states and Washington, D.C.wikipedia+3
Trained as an economist, Silver originally worked in consulting before moving into baseball analytics, where he developed the PECOTA system for projecting Major League Baseball player performance.
He later shifted his focus to politics and broader data journalism with FiveThirtyEight, which has been hosted by outlets including The New York Times, ESPN, and ABC News.
Beyond politics and sports, he is also known as a professional-level poker player and gambling analyst, and has written influential books such as The Signal and the Noise and On the Edge on prediction, risk, and uncertainty.detroitchamber+4