What is FiveThirtyEight and what does it do?
Q: What is FiveThirtyEight and what does it do?
A: FiveThirtyEight is a website that makes forecasts about elections, sports, and other topics. It also publishes articles about those topics.
Q: Who created FiveThirtyEight and when?
A: FiveThirtyEight was created by statistician Nate Silver on March 7, 2008.
Q: Why is FiveThirtyEight called FiveThirtyEight?
A: FiveThirtyEight's name comes from the number of electors in the United States Electoral College.
Q: What is FiveThirtyEight famous for?
A: FiveThirtyEight is famous for correctly predicting the winner of all 50 states in the 2012 United States presidential election.
Q: Did FiveThirtyEight predict the winner of the 2016 United States presidential election correctly?
A: No, FiveThirtyEight did not predict the winner of the 2016 United States presidential election correctly. They gave Donald Trump a 28.6% chance to win, but he did end up winning.
Q: How did FiveThirtyEight's 2016 election prediction compare to other news outlets?
A: FiveThirtyEight's 2016 election prediction gave Donald Trump a higher chance of winning than other news outlets, such as The New York Times and The Economist.
Q: How accurate are FiveThirtyEight's forecasts?
A: FiveThirtyEight's forecasts are fairly accurate and they have analyzed the calibration of their forecasts to ensure that they are giving an accurate representation of the likelihood of events happening.
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