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That's from 2008, right? FiveThirtyEight.com isn't his site anymore.



Sure, but I'm having a hard time imagining the answer to either question has changed. If it had, I'm sure he's capable of having that information removed from a post bearing his name.


Lots of people who supported Obama in 2008 no longer do. Meanwhile, why are you so sure he'd update a FAQ entry on a site he no longer maintains?


His name is right there on the FAQ. He's a media figure, of at least some note, who makes his living predicting political outcomes. If he had changed his stand, he would have the information removed from something bearing his name. It has direct impact on perception about his work.

He'd have it changed.


Disagree; you can't even get to www.fivethirtyeight.com anymore (it redirects to NYT) and Silver is pretty transparent; I think if that affiliation was dependable information, it'd be somewhere in the masthead of his blog.

It's not important either way.

(For what it's worth: I still support Obama).




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