No Country for Close Calls

New York Times by Nate Silver, Andrew Gelman | Apr. 18, 2009 (Opinion)

Contests as close as these — not to mention Florida’s electoral adventures in 2000 — have led to an impression that the margin between Democrats and Republicans is pretty narrow. That is why when Barack Obama defeated John McCain by 7.3 points last November, historically a fairly average margin, the victory was widely hailed as a landslide. Full Story »

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 by Mike LaBonte - Apr. 19, 2009

Very interesting, especially because the point is not intuitive. There is evidence for about half of the claims.

I would have liked to see more about presidential elections.

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