Elections

Nate Silver Gives Up on His Prediction Model in Middle of Election Night

TOO CLOSE TO CALL

His model was predicting a different outcome than The New York Times’ model, which was heavily leaning in favor of a Donald Trump victory by 10:30 p.m. EST.

Josh Fiallo
Josh Fiallo 

Breaking News Reporter

Statistician, Author and Founder of FiveThirtyEight Nate Silver speaks onstage at the ABC Leadership Breakfast panel during Advertising Week 2015.
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Josh Fiallo

Josh Fiallo

Breaking News Reporter

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