Life is no brief candle to me. It is a sort of splendid torch which I have got a hold of for the moment, and I want to make it burn as brightly as possible before handing it onto future generations. George Bernard Shaw

Monday, October 6, 2008

538

No, not a projected electoral vote total for Barack Obama (he'll be at least 200 votes shy of that mark). No, Fivethirtyeight.com is an electoral projection site by Nate Silver, a veteran of of the Baseball Prospectus. He brings statistical analysis honed by years of projecting hardball numbers to the political realm, and he is very good at it. If you're a numbers junkie, this site holds lots of goodies for you. Check it out.

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