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Micah Cohen

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Editor @AppleNews. Formerly Managing Editor @fivethirtyeight at @abcnews and @espn. Formerly formerly reporting/editing/getting coffee @nytimes.

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1Sep 13, '20We did it!!!! 🤗🤗🤗 (Also, @realDonaldTrump, @FiveThirtyEight is the number of votes in the Electoral College — it’s a pretty important number if you, for example, were running fo12.2×03.9k42442
2Sep 28, '18Delaying the Kavanaugh vote by a week means one more week for polls to come in, and the polling trend isn't great:11.3×01.9k81114
3Nov 7, '20My colleagues @FiveThirtyEight worked smartly, tirelessly and just ... they did a LOT of work ... to cover this election. More to come, but could not be prouder — including of the 7.3×02.7k7714
4Jul 31, '18We just published, to our knowledge, the most complete set of Russian troll tweets available. Notice how long before AND AFTER the 2016 election they were active:6.8×01.1k67341
5Jan 8, '21I am soooo curious about the edit at 1:285.3×01.7k13538
6Nov 17, '17fwiw, both these things can be true: 1. The allegations against Franken are VERY different from the allegations against Moore 2. Democrats standing by Franken are hypocrites5.3×01.4k3000
7Feb 9, '18What's that? You want all the data we use at @FiveThirtyEight in one easy-to-find-and-download place? OK:5.2×01.2k3622
9Dec 7, '20This is a brutal loss for FiveThirtyEight. And if you’re an editor, you should be spending the next few days trying to find a way to work with Clare.4.6×01.7k700
10Oct 28, '20🚨🚨🚨 OMG BIDEN +17 IN WISCONSIN!?!?!?!? 🚨🚨🚨 This is how polling works. You conduct the poll, make sure your methods are sound, and the result is the result. Releasing "weird" 4.6×01.4k11830
11Sep 25, '17Civil rights protests, essentially by definition, BEGIN as unpopular.4.5×01k3580
12May 17, '21If you had to pick just ONE chart to summarize the most important trend(s) during last few years in American politics, which would you pick? A contender:4.3×092028457
13Jan 22, '17Does having @KellyannePolls on your show or quoting her in your stories, do anything to inform the public? Does any good come from it?4.2×08753070
14Jan 2, '19.@SenWarren's biggest strength in the 2020 Dem primary may be her ideological positioning: She's perfectly placed and has the policy chops to back up the rhetoric.4.0×051010721
15Dec 13, '17.@NateSilver538 out-loud in the @FiveThirtyEight office: "Here's what i think ... this is bad for Trump." [laughter] "No, I mean that in a more profound way."4.0×01.3k1540
16Nov 7, '20Def read @ClareMalone's thoughts on Biden's win and Trump's loss:3.9×0936135141
17Nov 30, '16This, i think, is one of the main problems in covering Trump (including his tweets):3.7×05973810
18Oct 11, '16Election Update: Women Are Defeating Donald Trump3.6×08212900
19Mar 29, '17Ladies and gentleman, we have CONFIDENCE INTERVAL SEPARATION! 🚀🚀🚀3.5×07412790
21Sep 27, '18Kavanaugh’s strategy today — all-out attack, paint everything as partisan — might have been the best strategy to both: 1. Get on the court 2. Do Republicans max damage in the midte3.2×09521391
22Apr 14, '19Greatest. Career. Sports. Comeback. Ever?3.1×08311638
23Sep 30, '20Our post-debate poll with @Ipsos is in!!! @JoeBiden clearly won the debate against @realDonaldTrump:2.9×071417812
24Oct 3, '17The guns debate is broken:2.8×05542400
25Apr 23, '19Anatomy of a @FiveThirtyEight headline:2.7×0897923
26May 3, '19Kamala Harris hugely outperforming the media coverage she got on campaign kickoff ...2.7×05961915
27Oct 14, '15tl:dr O'Malley closing statement: "pick me as VP please"2.6×04173280
28Jan 9, '21I’m trying to get away from the news but I can’t stop thinking about that moment the president of the United States released a video that included a “we love you” to people who had2.6×08051014
29Mar 18, '19BTW, 5 years ago yesterday @FiveThirtyEight re-launched as a standalone site. Took us a little time to figure things out, but could not be prouder of how far we've come. Thanks to 2.6×01k150
30Sep 30, '20The moderation of this debate should be used in journalism schools to illustrate the hollowness of both-sides journalism. #Debates20202.5×06791673
31Aug 20, '17I can't endorse this thread enough...2.3×05291990
32Jul 23, '16What does the Tim Kaine pick mean? It means Clinton thinks she has Trump beat.2.3×03312030
33Jun 21, '17What did I learn from #GA06? Maybe journalism will never learn how to accurately and proportionally report on polls.2.3×05421440
34Oct 27, '17Trump and Sessions are running a "law & order" administration while releasing less information on law & order:2.2×03492380
35Sep 27, '16The moderator of the next debate should have control over the candidates' mics. #debatenight2.2×04591900
36Sep 10, '16Am I the only person who just likes the phrase "basket of deplorables"?2.0×05281070
37Oct 26, '18How divided are U.S. politics? Here's what the House map would look like ... if only women voted and if only men voted:2.0×033616214
38Sep 2, '20🚨 BREAKING: Nothing Has Really Changed. 🚨2.0×0570941
39Nov 6, '18Please take the next 2-3 hours and read ALL the recent midterm coverage on @FiveThirtyEight — our team spent many long hours on it all and it’s full of insight and nuance and knowl1.9×0552793
40Nov 10, '20I feel like, as a nation and a press corps, we need a better way to deal with political gaslighting ...1.9×0665391
41Jan 31, '22The idea that Susan Collins doesn't know SCOTUS picks are ALWAYS political is ... hard to believe1.9×0516644
43Oct 6, '17Trump is getting Bush-after-Katrina-level marks from the public for Hurricane Maria response:1.8×03351680
46Jan 10, '21I hope we've reached a point where we don't need to pretend statements like this are earnest.1.8×0587601
47Apr 25, '18Note: Republicans have underperformed in every single special election since Trump was sworn in.1.8×04521172
48Mar 5, '16Cruz winning Kansas isn't surprising -- Cruz winning Kansas by 25 percentage points is1.7×03081830
49Mar 14, '18It’s a @ClareMalone and @ForecasterEnten reunion!!!1.6×063771
51Jun 3, '20😮1.6×0599168
52Feb 13, '15When I was getting people coffee at NYT, David Carr treated me like I had a Pulitzer. In person and in the paper, he was a great.1.6×03421550
53Nov 7, '20Walking the 🐶 and a woman walks by just now playing @ABC News on her phone and who do I hear?!?! @NateSilver538!!!! I can’t get away!!!!!1.6×064310
54Mar 18, '19Every team's chances of making every round!!!!! #MarchMadness1.6×035011216
55Nov 3, '20THE FORECAST IS FINAL! Don't forget to vote!1.6×04635313
56Jun 12, '17ICYMI: we've added a "get the data" thingy to our articles where applicable.1.5×0399800
57Oct 16, '18That poll showing young people not turning out actually showed young people turning out (more than normal).1.5×03571054
59Jan 5, '21I really miss going into the office, and especially seeing my @FiveThirtyEight colleagues... But on the other hand:1.5×058852
60Aug 27, '19You can see Warren overtake Biden in net fav:1.5×0359577
62Feb 26, '18Democratic lead on the generic ballot is back up in the double digits:1.5×0379790
63Sep 29, '18So Kavanaugh's testimony about this "Renate" thing contradicts what his lawyer said, which contradicts what the person referred to says? And all of it contradicts what their contem1.5×03371072
64Nov 8, '20Is anyone sparing a thought for the fact-checkers tonight?1.5×0521180
66Oct 26, '17Democrats up to 13-point lead on our generic ballot tracker -- that's best position we've seen since we launched it1.4×0313960
67Feb 12, '20The post-New Hampshire picture: 1. @BernieSanders is the front-runner. 2. Chance that no on wins a majority of pledged delegates is 📈 3. We need more polls in post-NH contests!!!!1.4×0421564
68Nov 19, '16Just remember: all the time spent talking about Hamilton (including this tweet) could be spent doing journalism.1.4×0367870
69Jan 2, '19Judging by the early coverage of Elizabeth Warren, it seems like many in the media haven't really taken any lessons from 2016. 😞1.4×0446491
70May 11, '20People started staying home before the government asked them to:1.4×03357412
71Sep 28, '18.⁦@NateSilver538⁩ and Casey, both deep in concentration1.3×050673
72Feb 7, '20Seeing Bernie supporters (on Twitter) go from "@FiveThirtyEight is a shill for the establishment" --> "FiveThirtyEight .. awesome!" now that Bernie is up in our forecast post-Io1.3×0454243
73Sep 21, '18Yeah ... no.1.3×03141091
74Nov 4, '20This, obviously, is NOT true. The polling pointed to a range (based on the size of polling errors historically) from a Biden landslide to a nail-biter. IF we end up on the far, I-d1.3×0450275
75Feb 8, '20The Nevada Democratic Party has confirmed to @FiveThirtyEight that it will not use an app in its caucuses.1.3×0377553
76Jul 16, '18It hardly seems worth pointing out, but @realDonaldTrump is wrong that the Electoral College favors Democrats:1.3×0330758
77Nov 7, '20😑1.3×0475127
78Oct 8, '20An idea for the @538politics podcast tonight, @galendruke @ClareMalone @NateSilver538: We secretly pick one of us to NOT watch the debate, and then podcast listeners/viewers have t1.3×049140
79Nov 6, '18#rigged1.3×0415241
80Sep 22, '18This is so so so incredibly stupid and hackish — there’s not a fairer, more self-reflective journalist working today than @ForecasterEnten1.3×0465190
81Dec 12, '17This "Fox News purposely released a poll showing Jones up a lot to depress Dem turnout" conspiracy theory may be the dumbest in a long line of dumb poll-related conspiracy theories1.3×0355640
82Jul 20, '18Our boy has gone big time. (Those rankings are crazy, though, ⁦@ForecasterEnten⁩)1.2×047290
83Aug 2, '16The @FiveThirtyEight politics team just decided polls-plus is heroin, polls-only is booze and cigarettes and the now-cast is cocaine1.2×0325660
84Feb 1, '18May I present the official @538politics nautical terminology for the 2018 midterms: 1. anti-wave (Dems lose House seats) 2. trickle (Dems gain 0 to 10) 3. swell (11 to 24) 4. wave 1.2×0339570
85Oct 30, '18Remember that "DEMOCRATS COLLAPSE IN MIDWEST!!!" thing? Hmmm.... yeah, not really.1.2×0322676
86Mar 2, '18head's up, political reporters: I'm going to a dentist appointment right now; the last five times I've tried to do this major news has happened (travel ban, Manafort indictment, et1.2×0431150
87Oct 8, '20😳1.2×0352362
88May 29, '19Some uninformed thoughts on Mueller: 1. Would have been more meaningful had it come pre-report release. 2. Seemed like an implicit correction to Barr's framing. 3. I'm not sure imp1.2×0400291
89Apr 11, '18today I'm thankful to be able to publish tables like this:1.1×0355340
90Feb 5, '18you know it's a @FiveThirtyEight Super Bowl live blog when ...1.1×0361420
91Nov 28, '18In case you needed a needle fix (I'm just reusing my code from Nov. 6):1.0×0340351
92Feb 4, '20This just in: Apparently about a quarter of the @538politics Iowa live blog team is watching @BachelorABC instead of Iowa results.1.0×0363130
93Feb 6, '18Will Harry be missed? When I walked into work this morning, the first thing the security guard (in a building where hundreds of people work) said to me was: "I'm gonna have to get 1.0×038880
94Aug 9, '18Thanks for the kind words everyone! I love each and every one of you!1.0×038521
95Feb 22, '18This mug, a thoughtful gift from @ClareMalone, is giving me comfort:1.0×0359140
96Nov 4, '20It's pretty amazing, despite all the talk about how careful everyone needed to be with results tonight, how NOT careful lots of people in the media are being. To be fair, there are0.9×0328201
97Sep 14, '18Dear @lawfareblog, Please hurry and publish things about the Manafort deal so I can repeat them as my own thoughts on the 🚨emergency @538politics pod 🚨 we're about to record. Sin0.9×0332130
98Jan 6, '21So people like the needle again now? As a consistently big fan of the needle, it almost seems like some people hated the message and got mad at the messenger. Maybe?0.9×032840
99Nov 4, '20I wish I could +10,000,000 this0.8×032440

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