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Entries from January 25th, 2009
Amazing Inauguration photo – 1.5 gigapixels
January 25th, 2009, 11:00am by Sam Wang
Tags: 2008 Election
Forbes’s top 25 “liberals”
January 23rd, 2009, 11:22pm by Sam Wang
Forbes has an article on the “25 most influential liberals in the U.S. media.” It’s unintentionally amusing.
Tags: 2008 Election
The end for Coleman?
January 23rd, 2009, 9:27am by Sam Wang
Two recent events suggest that Coleman’s contest of the Minnesota Senate election result is nearing an end.
Tags: 2008 Election
Satellite view of the inauguration
January 21st, 2009, 11:56am by Sam Wang
Taken by Geosys and visible with 0.5-meter resolution here, at Popular Science. Thanks to Marc Ambinder and Andrew Sullivan at The Atlantic. Now, how to estimate the crowd from this image? Update: an interactive version via the Washington Post is here.
Tags: 2008 Election
“We will restore science to its rightful place”
January 20th, 2009, 3:06pm by Sam Wang
Today people gathered in halls all around campus to watch the Inauguration. It’s finals week, so classrooms were available. I watched it at the Center for Human Values with colleagues and friends. President Obama’s address was solid and to the point. He pulled no punches about the problems ahead. Three quotes from led to outbursts […]
Tags: Princeton
Thoughts on Inauguration Eve
January 20th, 2009, 1:56am by Sam Wang
First – for a list of ways to watch tomorrow’s festivities, go here. Online (C-SPAN, Hulu) as well as via MSNBC in a Starbucks near you. Now then… For a look back at 2008, Pollster.com has an excellent roundup. Did you know that 30% of all votes were cast early? That more than ever, the […]
Tags: 2008 Election · Site News
We interrupt this blog…(The Today Show)
January 14th, 2009, 1:33am by Sam Wang
Something not related to polling at all: my book Welcome To Your Brain will be featured on the Today Show this morning, a few minutes after 8:00am. Dr. Nancy Snyderman is doing a segment on the book.
Tags: Uncategorized
On the unreasonable success of Congressional polls
January 7th, 2009, 3:29pm by Sam Wang
As regular readers know, the meta-analysis is a hobby. I’ve only asked for support via ActBlue (nearly $45,000) or the NRSC. But now, a prize from Kevin Drum, who notes that my polling averages were extremely close to the final results. In addition to the 364 EV prediction (a bit seat-of-the-pants at the time, but […]
Tags: 2008 Election
