The biggest winners on Election Day weren’t politicians; they were numbers folks.
Computer scientists, behavioral scientists, statisticians and everyone who works with data should be proud. They told us who was going to win, but they also helped to make many of those victories happen.
Three groups of geeks deserve the love they rarely receive: people who run political polls, those who analyze the polls and those who figure out how to help campaigns connect with voters. [cont.]
Richard H. Thaler, U. of Chicago