What podcasts say about Nate Silver
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What Nate Silver has said on podcasts
30 statements · 12 positive · 12 negative · 2 mixed · 4 neutral
Partisanship strongly determines outcomes in US elections.
“Partisanship is the gravity that dictates every election in the US”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 0:00
The Knicks were undervalued relative to their Eastern Conference prospects.
“I thought the Knicks were legitimately overlooked in the East.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 3:26
Karl-Anthony Towns ranks among the NBA’s fifteen best players.
“I think he's like one of the 15 best players in the league.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 8:13
Available evidence does not support fraud in California’s election.
“I think there's no evidence of fraud is the short summary version.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 10:48
California’s election administration system is unacceptable.
“I think California's system is completely unacceptable.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 11:16
Mail-in voting creates verification challenges.
“mail in voting provides some verification challenges in different ways.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 14:56
Voter ID requirements would be a reasonable policy.
“I think voter ID would be pretty reasonable.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 16:14
Different voting mechanisms predictably produce blue or red shifts in reported results.
“these blue shifts or red shifts are somewhat predictable and are going to be inevitable consequence of having different mechanisms to vote”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 17:28
Recounts almost never overturn results with margins above roughly 0.05%.
“Almost never have you had a margin larger than 0.05% or so overturned.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 20:03
- on 2028 United States presidential electionNeutralJun 29, 2026· All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
State voting outcomes in 2028 are already highly predictable.
“we could probably predict right now with 97% confidence who they'll vote for in 2028.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 22:06
Political polarization and partisanship reduce governance quality.
“I think it leads to lower quality of governance.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 23:07
Democrats are slight favorites for the 2028 presidential election.
“I think Democrats are slight favorites to win in 2028.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 30:11
- on Republican presidential nomineesNegativeJun 29, 2026· All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & Friedberg
Potential Republican nominees currently appear weak.
“I don't think that any of the GOP nominees look to be particularly strong.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 30:59
Donald Trump’s approval rating is approximately 38%.
“Donald Trump and our approval ratings now is down to 38%.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 31:03
The AI capital boom is helping keep the stock market relatively healthy.
“I personally think the AI capital boom, whatever becomes of it, is responsible for keeping our economy, at least the stock market, in relatively good shape.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 33:26
An anti-oligarch message combined with moderation could improve electoral prospects.
“I think combining a little bit of the right kind of anti oligarch rhetoric with moderation on some of the issues”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 36:35
John Ossoff may be the most electable Democratic presidential candidate.
“the most selectable Democrat might be somebody like a John Ossoff”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 38:52
New York currently functions more successfully than California.
“New York is a success story in a way that I think California has become less of one”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 40:58
Phones and social media substantially affect young people’s satisfaction.
“the evidence is pretty decent that, like, phones and social media affect youth satisfaction a lot.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 44:51
AI models tend to gravitate toward consensus and expert views.
“the models actually gravitate toward consensus views, expert opinion”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 45:14
Partisanship compresses complex political preferences into a single partisan dimension.
“Partisanship is a very powerful force to squish this very complicated array of political issues we have in the United States into just one dimension.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 46:40
The X “For You” algorithm responds effectively to user feedback.
“It is pretty responsive and it's pretty good.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 48:28
Prediction markets’ 2026 estimates for Democratic congressional victories are reasonable.
“Prediction markets say Democrats are around, I think 80 or 85% to take the house and 40 or 45% to take the Senate. Those both seem pretty reasonable to me.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 50:02
Democrats have an 85–90% chance of taking the House in 2026.
“I think it might be more like 85 or 90.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 50:14
Republicans probably have a slight Senate advantage in 2026.
“Probably, probably slight edge. The GOP”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 53:49
A Democratic Senate victory would almost certainly coincide with a House victory.
“conditional on Democrats winning the Senate, they'll almost certainly have won the House.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 54:20
Gavin Newsom’s Democratic primary support has declined from roughly 25% to 15%.
“Newsom has fallen in Democratic primary polls from around 25% to 15%.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 55:33
Gavin Newsom’s prediction-market odds have declined from roughly 33% to 22%.
“He's fallen on polymarket from like 33% to 22% or something.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 55:39
AOC remains a plausible 2028 Democratic presidential contender.
“I wouldn't discount, by the way, someone like an aoc.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 56:21
Gavin Newsom is currently in a politically defensive position.
“I think Newsom is actually in a pretty defensive position.”
Open the episode · Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading & AOC Might Win It All in 2028Listen at 57:01
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