Comments on: Q&A: The formula behind FiveThirtyEight

Nate Silver, the creator of the election projection site, discusses sending text messages to poll-hungry political junkies and fielding calls from the French ambassador.

[johnblack22]

I'll admit it. I've remained one of those SWING VOTERS that just couldn't make up his mind on this election.

then I read the following article on renewble energy

http://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/ethanol-farm-industries-split-on-candidates-5106.html

and now I've finally made up my mind. Too important not to get these enrgy policies right. -- David Lee Arlington, VA

[directorblue]

Good article on the tax policies proposed by the candidates from former executive in the social security administration.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB120528180300228815.html?mod=djemEditorialPage

[ferretboy88]

I just love how Dan Rather is still out there after he made a fool out of himself on national tv trying to lie about a sitting President. What a loser. CBS is biased and I hope they don't ruin CNET.

[Brad Eleven]

FiveThirtyEight.com must be seen to be believed. I think Silver has successfully created a new paradigm that goes way beyond polling. Whether or not he's accurate in this case, I doubt that everyone will continue to simply rely on polls.

I'm surprised that this interview didn't go into the guy's background in statistics. I presume he's been exposed to classical statistical methods, but I still wonder about the source, e.g., college major, minor, elective(s), one or both of his parents, or just curiosity... I know a few baseball fans, and they seem to have gleaned quite a bit about statistics via osmosis.