# Is Nate Silver just in an "I can never be wrong" position. **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 30, 2012, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nate-silver-just-in-an-i-can-never-be-wrong-position/639287 "2012-10-30T02:19:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 10
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nate-silver-just-in-an-i-can-never-be-wrong-position/639287/182 "2012-11-07T05:30:09Z")
With the results coming in now, we have to consider the possibility: [http://isnatesilverawitch.com/](http://isnatesilverawitch.com/) ---
**Author:** ![Jas09](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d07c76/32.png) [@Jas09](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jas09)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nate-silver-just-in-an-i-can-never-be-wrong-position/639287/183 "2012-11-07T05:36:09Z")
> [@panamajack](#): > > With the results coming in now, we have to consider the possibility: > > [http://isnatesilverawitch.com/](http://isnatesilverawitch.com/) It’s a fair cop. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2012, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nate-silver-just-in-an-i-can-never-be-wrong-position/639287/184 "2012-11-07T05:53:22Z")
I think that it’s safe to say that almost no one had a better day today than Nate. ---
**Author:** ![Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hershele_Ostropoler)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nate-silver-just-in-an-i-can-never-be-wrong-position/639287/185 "2012-11-08T01:55:45Z")
Ok, so how are the people who think Silver is pulling the wool over the eyes of the innumerate going to explain the outcome? ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nate-silver-just-in-an-i-can-never-be-wrong-position/639287/186 "2012-11-08T04:08:27Z")
> [@Hershele\_Ostropoler](#): > > Ok, so how are the people who think Silver is pulling the wool over the eyes of the innumerate going to explain the outcome? I read an “Of course Silver was right. He was only crunching the numbers someone else gave him” gambit earlier today. ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nate-silver-just-in-an-i-can-never-be-wrong-position/639287/187 "2012-11-08T04:21:15Z")
I heard Gallup’s guy on public radio tonight and it was pretty pathetic. ---
**Author:** ![Raygun99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Raygun99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Raygun99)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2012, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nate-silver-just-in-an-i-can-never-be-wrong-position/639287/188 "2012-11-08T05:44:08Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I read an “Of course Silver was right. He was only crunching the numbers someone else gave him” gambit earlier today. And the C. Montgomery Burns Award For Achievement in the Field of Missing the Point goes to… whoever said that. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-nate-silver-just-in-an-i-can-never-be-wrong-position/639287.md?page=9)