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How popular is Elon Musk?

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Silver Bulletin favorability ratings for the world's richest man.

on Sat, 1PM

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Silicon Valley's gamble on Trump isn't paying off

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Tech stocks have tumbled since Trump took office. More about the mindset that led much of the Valley to support him in the first place.

on Fri, 4PM

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Wall Street thinks Trump's tariffs will eat Main Street alive

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Sometimes, the stock market is the economy.

on Apr 5

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SBSQ #19: What is Elon's endgame?

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Plus, whether American elections are under threat. And, on a brighter note, an NCAA basketball mini “model talk.”

on Apr 2

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Republicans are acting like there’s a Blue Wave coming

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Could Democrats retake the House before the midterms?

on Apr 1

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How low is Trump's popularity floor?

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So far, the decline in his approval ratings is typical for new presidents. But second-term presidents can have more downside.

on Mar 22

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2025 Women's March Madness Predictions

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Silver Bulletin odds for every round of the tournament.

on Mar 20

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2025 March Madness Predictions

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Silver Bulletin odds for the men's NCAA tournament.

on Mar 17

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Democrats should have shut it down

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The party’s risk aversion continues to harm it.

on Mar 14

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How to use Silver Bulletin

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We're back to publishing more models and data, in addition to our newsletters. Welcome to Phase III of the site.

on Mar 13

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Silver Bulletin Women's College Basketball (SBCB) ratings 🏀

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Our Elo-derived ratings for all 362 women's Division I NCAA basketball teams.

on Mar 13

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Will Wall Street turn on Trump — and Elon?

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The vibes are changing on Main Street domestically and abroad, and now in the stock market, too.

on Mar 11

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Silver Bulletin College Basketball (SBCB) ratings 🏀

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Our Elo-derived ratings for all 364 men's Division I NCAA basketball teams.

on Mar 9

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How popular is Donald Trump?

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Silver Bulletin approval ratings for President Trump — and all presidents since Truman.

on Mar 6

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A few words about FiveThirtyEight

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Silver Bulletin will begin publishing some new features soon — including Trump approval ratings. But the media just lost an extremely valuable resource.

on Mar 5

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A chat with Paul Krugman — and a few words about Trump

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The center and the left should be able to find common ground.

on Feb 27

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Elon Musk and spiky intelligence

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Like a lot of successful people, he’s world-class in some dimensions of intelligence but deficient in others.

on Feb 26

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Why Trump killed congestion pricing

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New York’s plan has winners and losers — but this is an exercise in zero-sum politics.

on Feb 21

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How did the polls do in 2024? It’s complicated.

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By one important measure, they performed better than ever. By another, they had their worst year yet. The truth is somewhere in between.

on Feb 17

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Twitter or Bluesky? How about neither.

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Two fundamental problems constrain the business model of the “digital town square.”

on Feb 13

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The game theory of Trump's tariff threats

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Why he’s picking on Canada and Mexico — and why he’s playing a dangerous game.

on Feb 4

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Luka Doncic and the market for lemons

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What does the most shocking trade of my lifetime reveal about the new Lakers superstar?

on Feb 2

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SBSQ #17: How should you prepare for an AI future?

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Plus, why has Georgia stayed relatively blue? And who holds the cards in Trump vs. Elon?

on Jan 31

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It's time to come to grips with AI

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After the election, the timelines are accelerating. We need a pluralistic debate about its implications — but the left is dealing itself out.

on Jan 28

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113 predictions for Trump's second term

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From constitutional crises to Mars and back again.

on Jan 26

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Are we entering a Conservative Golden Age?

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Or will the vibe soon shift back to the left?

on Jan 23

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Why Biden failed

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He made a triple devil’s bargain: with the pandemic, his age, and a Democratic Party that can’t get its priorities straight.

on Jan 20

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Polling is becoming more of an art than a science

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We asked pollsters what went wrong — and right — in 2024, and what’s in store for 2026.

on Jan 16

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Against revisionist history on Biden 2024

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You can like the president or his policies. But his campaign was a disaster. And he didn't just drop out — he lost.

on Jan 10

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The rise and fall of "fact-checking"

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"Fact-checkers" as the high priests of journalism had a political beginning at Facebook — and have met a political end.

on Jan 8

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Nobody goes to New York City anymore. It’s too crowded.

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The subway has problems but remains an incredibly popular means of transit.

on Dec 24

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How the Indigo Blob runs a bluff

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Were efforts to conceal Biden’s age-related decline a “conspiracy”?

on Dec 20

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Save Daylight Savings Time

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Donald Trump and Elon Musk’s plan would literally make the average American’s life darker.

on Dec 17

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Is it crazy to pay Juan Soto $765 million?

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Running the numbers on the largest contract in baseball history.

on Dec 14

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Don't mistake Democratic partisan orthodoxy for a "coherent" philosophy

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In a two-party system, the party coalitions are full of contradictions — and the Democrats' are becoming more obvious.

on Dec 11

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Part II: The failed rebrand of Kamala Harris

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From Diet Woke to Brat Summer to ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

on Dec 6

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Part I: Democrats' risk-aversion helped to re-elect Trump

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Part 1 of a 3-part autopsy on the Harris campaign. Plus, a GiveDirectly fundraiser!

on Dec 3

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The expert class is failing, and so is Biden’s presidency

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Hunter Biden's pardon is another log on the fire.

on Dec 2

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SBSQ #15: Democrats have a "fool me twice" problem

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Plus, what might change in the model for 2028. And prediction markets: lucky or good?

on Nov 26

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Always. Be. Blogging.

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My 7 tips for a successful Substack.

on Nov 22

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Hopium comes at a high price

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Democrats ignored the polls at their peril.

on Nov 20

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Kamala Harris was a replacement-level candidate

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Trump's win is mostly Biden's fault, not hers. Still, she was a mediocre candidate in a year when Democrats needed a strong one.

on Nov 16

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It's 2004 all over again

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And that might not be such a bad thing for Democrats, especially with their Electoral College disadvantage erased.

on Nov 12

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The model exactly predicted the most likely election map

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The actual map was the most common one in our 80,000 simulations! Even so, it contained some revealing surprises.

on Nov 7

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The story of Trump's win was foretold in New York City

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The Democratic Party needs to ask WTF just happened, and the answers may be right there on the 7 train.

on Nov 7

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Silver Bulletin 2024 election night model

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All the (election night) numbers for Trump and Harris.

on Nov 5

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SBSQ #14: Election Day lightning round!

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All your last-minute questions, answered. Actually, just 13 of them.

on Nov 5

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A random number generator determined the “favorite" in our forecast

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So fine: let's go to the tiebreaker round.

on Nov 5

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The polls are close, but that doesn’t mean the results will be

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A normal polling error in either direction could give either candidate a decisive victory.

on Nov 4

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A shocking Iowa poll means somebody is going to be wrong

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Either Ann Selzer and the New York Times, or the rest of the polling industry.

on Nov 3