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The Economist on Predicting behavior and Forecasting choices: Interview by Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com
Nate Silver has gained his reputation as an accurate forecaster. Silver uses sophisticated statistical tools such as Logit Model to describe and predict choices. Silver’s website, FiveThirtyEi… more →
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The Economist on Predicting behavior and Forecasting choices: Interview by Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com
gkalyanaram wrote 7 months ago: Nate Silver has gained his reputation as an accurate forecaster. Silver uses sophisticated statisti … more →
Karl Rove reviews the 2008 U.S. Presidential and Congressional elections
gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: Karl Rove reviews the data and makes interesting observations about the 2008 Presidential elections. … more →
Mark Halperi: Ten interesting observations on the U.S. Presidential election
gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: Mark Halperin recites ten interesting observations about the 2008 U.S. Presidential elections. Visi … more →
Marc Ambincer's reflections on why Obama won and McCain lost
gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: Marc Ambinder’s (The Atlantic) thoughtful analyses on the why Barack Obama won and John McCain … more →
Concession Remarks by Atal Behari Vajpayee in May 2004, and John McCain in November 2008
gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: Many Indians have compared the then Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee’s concession re … more →
Christopher Buckley endorses Barack Obama
gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: Christopher Buckley, the son of William Buckley — the founder and leader of conservative movem … more →
Fierce partisan politics new? No, think 1800 U.S. Presidential elections
gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: Robert Novak writes eloquently about the origins of partisan politics. This opinion appeared in The … more →
Larry Sabato's (of University of Virginia) assessment of the electoral map in the presidential race (McCain/Palin v. Obama/Biden)
gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: Reported below is part of the analysis by Larry Sabato of University of Virginia on the electoral ma … more →
Assessment of the presidential electoral votes for McCain/Palin and Obama/Biden by Mark Penn and Marc Ambinder
gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: Here are the electoral map assessments by Mark Penn and Marc Ambinder. Mark Penn has opined in poli … more →
America's banking instability, and the political impact on the U.S. Presidential campaigns
gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: Here is an interesting report on the impact and rescue of Lehman Brothers and the sale of Merrill Ly … more →
Democratic and Republic party platform policy positions on China and South Asia: Afghanistan, China, India and Pakistan
gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: Here is a comparison of the 2008 Republican and Democratic party platforms on INDIA, PAKISTAN, AFGHA … more →
Reports of Barack Obama-Joe Biden Democratic Party Convention Bounce
gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: Here are part of reports from Politico.com and FiveThirtyEight.com on the Democratic party conventio … more →
Marc Ambinder on Sarah Palin's choice as the vice-presidential nominee
gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: Marc Ambinder of The Atlantic offers one of thoughtful analysis of Governor Sarah Palin’s cho … more →
An assessment of Sarah Plain by The Economist
gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: How does The Economist assess the choice of Sarah Palin as the vice-presidential by John McCain. He … more →
A historical perspective on why so-called bi-partisan Presidential teams may not work: So McCain-Lieberman may not be such a charm
gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: Abstracted below is a wonderful piece on the failure of so-called bi-partisan Presidential team … more →
David Brooks on Biden as Obama's Vice-Presidential choice
gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: David Brooks has a thoughtful and public-spirited opinion (in The New York Times) on Joseph Biden as … more →
Anna Quindlen on Race, Affirmative Action, and McCain and Obama
gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: Anna Quindlen (in Newsweek) writes thoughtfully and interestingly on the role of race and affirmativ … more →
Is there a Bradley-Widler Effect in the Barack Obama's presidential race? Per Nate Silver, "No" is the answer
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gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com has an insightful analysis on the existence or non-existence of B … more →
Why Mitt Romney makes electoral sense as John McCain's vice-presidential choice?
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gkalyanaram wrote 1 year ago: Robert Novak explains why Mitt Romney is such an attractive electoral and political choice for John … more →
