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What happens behind the scenes on Election Night
Stephen Pettigrew, PhD Associate Director of Data Sciences, University of Pennsylvania Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies; Senior Analyst, NBC News
Tuesday, May 21, 2019
12:45pm – 1:45pm
Baker 158
Sponsored by: Program in Quantitative Social Science
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Lectures & Seminars
In this talk Stephen Pettigrew will be discussing his work for the NBC News Decision Desk. The Decision Desk team is responsible for projecting the winner in all major elections for NBC, MSNBC, and other affiliates. In the talk, he will describe the process of how votes get from the polling places where they are counted to the TV and computer screens watched by millions of Americans on Election Night. He will also talk about how the data are used to project races, and the considerations that go into painting a complete and accurate picture of the election as the night unfolds.
Stephen Pettigrew, PhD
Deputy Executive Director: UPenn Fox Leadership Program
Associate Director of Data Sciences: UPenn Program on Opinion Research and Election Studies
Senior Analyst: NBC News
For more information, contact:
Laura Mitchell
Permanent URL to this event: https://govt.dartmouth.edu/events/event?event=53745
Events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted.