For anyone who hasn’t seen it, Doonesbury is featuring a post-election math and science victory parade this week. Yesterday’s strip included a shout out to Nate Silver. I take this as another sign that the 2012 election was good for political science…
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The Gamble: Choice and Chance in the 2012 Election
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Campaigns and Elections:
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Red State Blue State
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Regional Economic Voting
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The Political Economy of Trust
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Still in the office running R scripts at 5 p.m. the evening before Thanksgiving … — NO, NO, PHIL…DON’T DO THAT! [I digress]…Greg Sargent at the Washington Post has a succinct and accurate summary of Silver’s impact at http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/what-nate-silver-really-accomplished/2012/11/21/6f9f10c2-3410-11e2-bfd5-e202b6d7b501_blog.html