This map, based on the always-impeccable stats of Nate Silver (dreamy!), shows when we can expect gay marriage to finally be legal all across the Union. See you at the big party sometime between 2021 and 2024, if the world hasn't ended by then.
A highly scientific pie chart. Of COURSE Nate Silver makes major life decisions via pie chart. Meanwhile, this is still the only pie chart I need.
http://nymag.com/movies/features/54335/
FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver, who shocked the world by so closely predicting the Presidential race, has moved on to spoiling another one of our pastimes: The Oscars. I don't have to say it but, SPOILER ALERT: If we've learned anything from the past, this Nate Silver knows what he's talking about.
http://nymag.com/movies/features/54335/
Nate Silver's Oscar Predictions. [Editor's Note: Nate Silver, whose poll-tracking site FiveThirtyEight.com was close to perfect in its presidential election predictions, has finally turned his analytical abilities to something useful.]
A Gallup report seems to suggest there are only five states left where republicans have a significant party-affiliation advantage. The governors of Utah and Alaska are already contenders for the republican nomination in 2012, and there may not be much other competition.
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200504/wallace
A profile of the radio host-turned-Nate Silver basher by the late David Foster Wallace. Wallace gives the man a lot more thought and sympathy than he deserves, which is why DFW was DFW and John Ziegler is a blowhard.
Politics Buzz Stats nerd/genius Nate Silver (of Baseball Prospectus and FiveThirtyEight) is making the rounds as the interest in election stats grows. He was on The Colbert Report last night, and FiveThirtyEight remains one of our favorite sites to check when the latest news about the Dow has us down.
Politics Buzz An electoral poll aggregator that tries to adjust for a poll's historical performance. It's a stats paradise! See also: Perspectv