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FiveThirtyEight

FiveThirtyEight, also rendered as 538, was an American website that focused on opinion poll analysis, politics, economics, and sports blogging in the United States.

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Website.name: FiveThirtyEight
Website.logo: File:FiveThirtyEight Logo.svg
Website.company_type: Subsidiary
Website.type: Political analysis and blog
Website.language: English
Website.owner: ABC News
Website.creator: Nate Silver
Website.commercial: Yes
Website.registration: No
Website.current_status: Archived; main page redirected to the political news section of ABC News' website, other pages continue to exist in an archived state.
Website.successor: Silver Bulletin (by Nate Silver)Strength in Numbers and FiftyPlusOne (by G. Elliott Morris)

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Contents

Methods
Transparency of pollster ratings
History
Origins
Final projections of 2008 elections
The ground game and "On the Road"
After the 2008 U.S. election
Focus
Partnership with ''The New York Times'': 2010–2013
Writers
Beyond electoral politics
2012 U.S. elections
ESPN and ABC News affiliation
2014 U.S. elections
2016 Oscars predictions
2016 U.S. elections
Presidential primary elections
Presidential general election
2020 U.S. elections
Redesign of forecast
Silver's exit, 2024 U.S. elections and shutdown
Recognition and awards
Mascot
See also
Notes
References
General citations
''FiveThirtyEight'' articles
Further reading
External links

FiveThirtyEight, also rendered as 538, was an American website that focused on opinion poll analysis, politics, economics, and sports blogging in the United States.

The website, which took its name from the number of electors in the United States electoral college, was founded on March 7, 2008, as a polling aggregation website with a blog created by analyst Nate Silver. In August 2010, the blog became a licensed feature of The New York Times online and was renamed '''''FiveThirtyEight: Nate Silver's Political Calculus'''. In July 2013, ESPN acquired FiveThirtyEight, hiring Silver as editor-in-chief and a contributor for ESPN.com; the new publication launched on March 17, 2014. Afterwards, the FiveThirtyEight'' blog covered a broad spectrum of subjects including politics, sports, science, economics, and popular culture. In 2018, operations were transferred from ESPN to sister property ABC News (also under parent The Walt Disney Company).