Mentions In The News
Wall Street Journal - 11/7/12
This Wall Street Journal article discusses how polls and
analysis groups fared after the election.
NewsFeed Researcher - 11/6/12
The Election Analytics group is included in a discussion of
different polling analysis and how polling analytics differs
from the more traditional media election forcasting.
Engineering at Illinois - 10/31/12
As the election approaches, more people are staying informed by
checking this site. Professor Sheldon Jacobson discusses the
analysis mechanics and new additions for the 2012 race.
Cosmic Log - NBC News - 10/30/12
There are a lot of different election prediction or analysis sites
out there- this article discusses the nuances of how probability is
used to forecast elections, and compares our Election Analytics
group's snapshot to other predictors.
Daily Kos - 10/27/12
This Daily Kos article mentions Election Analytics as part of a
larger discussion on poll analysis.
St. Louis Today - 10/16/2012
St. Louis Today's article provided an overview of our model and
process. It also offered links to our website and Youtube
channel.
NewsTalk1400 WDWS-AM - 10/15/2012
The radio segment described our group, process, and 2008 results.
In interviews, Dr. Sheldon H. Jacobson described how polls are
weighted, and graduate advisor Jason Sauppe explained the
non-political importance of the Election Analytics project.
UIUC CS Department - 10/6/2012
This article provided an overview of our methods for determining
the current election snapshot, and touched on state-based polls,
undecided voters, our swing scenarios, and how the outcome is
subject to change.
All Analytics - 10/3/2012
An article at All Analytics discussed how the Election Analytics
model uses current polling data to provide a snapshot of which
candidates would win the election, assuming the election was held
on the current date.
Punk Rock OR - 10/1/2012
Laura McLay at Punk Rock OR presented a comparison of the Election
Analytics model with the model used by Nate Silver at
FiveThirtyEight.
She noted some of the similarities and differences between the two
models.
Engineering in the News - 10/1/2012
Election Analytics was highlighted in the October newsletter for
Engineering in the News at the University of Illinois.
InformationWeek - 9/27/2012
A story in InformationWeek discussed the Election Analytics model
and Prof. Allan Lichtman's "Keys to the White House" model.
Fox Illinois - 9/25/2012
A mention of us on a Fox Illinois Newschannel 15 story.
WICS NewsChannel 20 - 9/24/2012
Election Analytics was mentioned in the local evening news. Jason
Sauppe provided a brief discussion of the forecasting model.
Reddit - 9/22/2012
A post on Reddit described the Election Analytics website and
provided some links to the site.
INFORMS Science of Better Podcast - 9/21/2012
INFORMS interviewed Prof. Jacobson and Prof. Allan Lichtman,
author of "Predicting the Next President: The Keys to the White
House, 2012 Edition," regarding the respective prediction models.
The Daily Illini Technograph - 9/12/2012
An article in the Daily Illini provided discussion of forecasting
trends and the model used to compute them.
Slashdot - 9/7/2012
A link to this site and a technical description of methodology was
posted on the politics sub-group of social news website Slashdot.
The Daily Illini - 8/22/2012
The Daily Illini interviewed Prof. Jacobson as a part of their
piece on voter registration efforts at UIUC. The article includes
Prof. Jacobson's explanation of the methodology behind the
predictions.
