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NS Nate Silver Nate Silver Statistician and political analyst who founded FiveThirtyEight and served as its editor-in-chief until May 2023.

“NYT/Siena had Flanagan ahead by 14 points, much greater than her 4.7-point lead in the FLIPR average entering the day. The new poll may reflect Democrats coming home despite Flanagan’s weaknesses as a candidate.”

Silver Bulletin · US Politics · October 2026

“NYT/Siena had Flanagan ahead by 14 points, much greater than her 4.7-point lead in the FLIPR average entering the day. The new poll may reflect Democrats coming home despite Flanagan’s weaknesses as a candidate.” — Nate Silver on Peggy Flanagan, Silver Bulletin

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Silver discussing a new NYT/Siena poll of the Minnesota Senate race.

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