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3) Nate Silver really, really likes sports.

He got his start doing sabermetrics (statistics for baseball) and, after reading his book and his column, it honestly seems like he's a lot more passionate about sports than politics.

(I don't think this conflicts with your point about sports' immediacy and uncertainty.)



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