Let's talk politics.
Okay, just kidding. Political science was never my thing but thanks to the Revolution Analytics blog and a post from yesterday (How Nate Silver won the election with Data Science) by David Smith, politics became my thing... or at least for about 20 minutes!
Smith explains the great details of Nate Silver's successes as a statistician such as using many data sources, understanding correlations, consistency in methodologies, and great communication skills. Check out Smith's article!
Nate Silver's forecasting analysis concluded that President Obama had a 90.9% chance of winning! I'm a big believer of numbers and numbers do not lie. Whether politics or data are your thing, read "As Nation and Parties Change, Republicans Are at an Electoral College Disadvantage" because I guarantee you'll learn something (plus, the graphs and charts are neat)!
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