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Drew Linzer

Drew Linzer is an American political scientist who serves as the director and chief scientist at Civiqs. He was formerly an assistant professor of political science at Emory University. He is known for his psephology site "Votamatic". In 2014, Linzer ran the successful Daily Kos election forecast.

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Drew Linzer
Alma materUCLA (Ph.D.)1
OccupationPolitical scientist
Websitevotamatic.org/about-me/

Drew Linzer is an American political scientist who serves as the director and chief scientist at Civiqs. He was formerly an assistant professor of political science at Emory University.2 He is known for his psephology site "Votamatic".32 In 2014, Linzer ran the successful Daily Kos election forecast.4

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  1. "FSI | CDDRL - Drew Linzer". cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu. Retrieved 6 October 2021.
  2. "Drew Linzer: The stats man who predicted Obama's win". BBC News Magazine. 9 November 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  3. "The Rise of the Poll Quants (or, Why Sam Wang Might Eat a Bug)". The Chronicle of Higher Education. 8 November 2012. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
  4. John Sides (5 November 2014). "Election Lab on track to forecast 35 of 36 Senate races correctly". The Washington Post. Retrieved 5 November 2014.