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SBSQ reboot thread

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Silver, N. (2026, October 1). SBSQ reboot thread. Silver Bulletin. https://www.natesilver.net/p/sbsq-reboot-thread

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Silver Bulletin Subscriber Questions, a popular feature that has been inactive since April, is set to be reactivated with comments and questions from subscribers welcome in the thread below. The hiatus was due to the launch or relaunch of four models within six months: COOPER, PELE, FLIPR, and ELWAY. For 2027, priorities include building RAPTOR 2.0 for NBA analysis, extending PELE to European club soccer, and rebooting the presidential primary model.

Written by AI on 2026-10-01, from this article's own text only (the story summary below draws on all the coverage).

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Story summary

The Silver Bulletin Subscriber Questions (SBSQ) feature, which had been inactive since April, is being relaunched after a busy period of developing and launching four new models—COOPER, PELE, FLIPR, and ELWAY—within six months. Nate Silver explains that the lack of updates was due to focusing on other projects to ensure the best user experience. Subscribers are invited to leave questions for SBSQ edition #32 in the comments section, with comments reserved for paying subscribers only. The upcoming priorities include building RAPTOR 2.0, an updated NBA model aiming for release during the 2027-2028 season; extending PELE to cover European club soccer; and rebooting the FiveThirtyEight presidential primary model.

Written for “SBSQ Reboot Discussion” on 2026-10-31, grounded in this article and the 0 other(s) covering the same event.

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34 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction

🔮 For example, if Democrats have a good night next Tuesday and Peggy Flanagan easily wins in Minnesota, our newsletter from earlier this month that seriously contemplated Michele Tafoya’s chances might be one of those.

2026-10-29 · mixed framing · Some thoughts on South Carolina’s surprisingly close Senate race

🔮 But I’m feeling a little meta-d out this weekend — maybe it was seeing You Can See Everything on Friday.1

2026-10-25 · assertive framing · Let’s talk shop about every Senate race

🔮 Strategic Vision “polls” exhibited statistical patterns — namely, being far more likely to contain some trailing digits (such as 5, 7, 8 and 9) than others, including on obscure questions they probably thought would never be scrutinized — that were canonical signs of forged election results in authoritarian regimes.

2026-10-22 · assertive framing · Fake polls are a real problem

🔮 But leave that philosophical question aside for now — because after a long week of travel,1 I could use a simpler Model Talk.

2026-10-17 · assertive framing · The good, bad and ugly outcomes in the Senate

🔮 Below, you’ll find our forecast for each 2026 Senate race, along with how our numbers have changed over time and which states are likeliest to decide control of the chamber.

2026-10-15 · assertive framing · FLIPR 2026 Senate forecast

🔮 Although our critics might disagree, we seek to avoid false equivocation at Silver Bulletin.

2026-10-09 · assertive framing · Could Minnesota spoil the blue wave?

🔮 It’s not unreasonable to approach election polls from a position of mild — maybe even more-than-mild — skepticism.

2026-10-03 · assertive framing · What if the polls are wrong again?

🔮 That definitely will not happen before the midterms.

2026-10-01 · assertive framing · SBSQ reboot thread

🔮 We think it’s an important story, providing historical context on midterm elections that helps to explain FLIPR’s increasingly optimistic forecast for Democrats.

2026-10-01 · assertive framing · Why did Ohio stop being a swing state?

🔮 The 2026-27 NBA season begins on Oct. 20, when the New York Knicks will lift the championship banner to celebrate their first NBA title in 53 seasons.

2026-09-28 · assertive framing · NBA Future of the Franchise Rankings 4.0

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2026-10-17 · Silver Bulletin

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COOPER NBA PELE SBSQ Silver Bulletin

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NBA ORG · 2× SBSQ ORG · 2× European NORP · 1× FiveThirtyEight ORG · 1× PELE ORG · 1× Silver Bulletin ORG · 1×

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We launched or re-launched four models in basically six months between COOPER, PELE, FLIPR and ELWAY.1Most of the time, when a Silver Bulletin feature gets stymied, it’s because of other Silver Bulletin work.

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🔮 That definitely will not happen before the midterms.

2026-10-01 · Silver Bulletin

SBSQ reboot thread · assertive framing

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This wasn’t really planned, exactly. asserted

This → plan → ?

it → launch → work

We’re trying to give you the best experience possible, and sometimes things get triaged. asserted

things → try → experience

But it’s time to reboot SBSQ. asserted

it → ’ → SBSQ

As usual, comments/questions are a privilege for our greatly appreciated paying subscribers. asserted

questions → appreciate → subscribers

Just to give you a roadmap, our 2027 model priorities are: 1) building RAPTOR 2.0 (our NBA model). asserted

priorities → give → RAPTOR

That definitely will not happen before the midterms. asserted

That → happen → midterms

We’re hoping to launch it sometime during the forthcoming NBA regular season; 2) extending PELE to European club soccer; 3) rebooting the FiveThirtyEight presidential primary model. asserted

We → hop → model