Mac TanThe “13 Keys” are garbage and you should stop paying attention to Allan LichtmanThis post is adapted from a Quora answer to the question “What do you think of Allan Lichtman and Helmut Norpoth’s predictions for the…Aug 7, 20208Aug 7, 20208
Mac TanThe Statistical Law of CosinesNo actual project today; rather, a cool analogy between statistics, linear algebra, and geometry that’d been simmering in my brain for…May 19, 2018May 19, 2018
Mac TanPolarization, Quantified: Dimension Reduction on the Issues (Part 2)Quick recap: In Part 1 of this two-part adventure into the world of dimension reduction, we found a way to quantify political polarization…Apr 30, 2018Apr 30, 2018
Mac TanPolarization, Quantified: Dimension Reduction on the Issues (Part 1)There was this odd moment back in the 1950s when political scientists feared that the health of American democracy was being sapped by the…Apr 24, 2018Apr 24, 2018