On Friday, the plot thickened. ABC News announced that it had hired pollster G. Elliott Morris to be the editorial director of data analytics, which also oversees the operations of FiveThirtyEight.

Election savant Nate Silver blasted FiveThirtyEight for suspending its presidential forecasts — offering up a “theory” that the website he founded is waiting for Vice President Kamala Harris ...

Election savant Nate Silver blasted FiveThirtyEight for suspending its presidential forecasts — offering up a “theory” that the website he founded is waiting for Vice President Kamala Harris ...

FiveThirtyEight was taken offline as part of broader cuts by Disney to ABC, which FiveThirtyEight was a part of.According to ...

FiveThirtyEight became famous for its “forecasts” from founder Nate Silver. But the website (where I worked from 2017 to 2021) was trying to do much more than predict presidential election ...

Nate Silver slammed FiveThirtyEight, the website he founded back in 2008, for suspending their presidential forecast for what he suspects are political reasons. Skip to main content.

FiveThirtyEight, a political data site founded in 2008, is being shut down as Disney conducts mass layoffs at its ABC News and Disney Entertainment Networks. Disney is cutting nearly 6% of its ...

FiveThirtyEight may have made its last prediction. The statistical-analytics site that dabbled in sports, politics, and economics was shut down by ABC News as part of a wave of layoffs on Wednesday.

Kamala Harris at Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania, Monday, Nov. 4, 2024. FiveThirtyEight has listed VP Harris as the favorite to win for the first time since October 17.

About FiveThirtyEight: Nate Silver, a statistician, writer and professional poker player, in 2008 started FiveThirtyEight, which refers to the number of electors in the electoral college.

ABC News is shutting down FiveThirtyEight as part of sweeping layoffs at the network as parent company Disney continues broader restructuring and looks to cut about 200 positions, or 6 percent of ...