Episode 459 • • 31:48 - 35:54
459: Exactly Similar
Nate Silver, UNIVAC Election Prediction Comparison
Nate Silver's 2012 election predictions are compared to the 1952 UNIVAC computer's landslide prediction for Eisenhower. Silver, writing for The New York Times, utilized a computer program designed four years prior to forecast a 75% chance of an Obama victory.