elections

also referred to as: election

9 statements across 8 episodes · 1 bullish · 0 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Nov 4, 2020 by Jason Calacanis · across every show →

Everything said about elections, oldest first

Nov 4, 2020
Assertion Supported
Calacanis: Putin interfered in the US election on behalf of Trump
“We all know Putin interfered with the election and we all know he interfered on behalf of one candidate.”
Jason Calacanis Nov 4, 2020 ▶ 2:36:04 E11: Election Night Special featuring Phil Hellmuth, Bill Gurley, Brad Gerstner & more!
Nov 25, 2020 neutral
What-if
Sacks: Moderna vaccine would have released before election without trial delay
“If it weren't for those three weeks, Moderna's vaccine would have happened before Pfizer, and it would have come out about a week before the election.”
David Sacks Nov 25, 2020 ▶ 17:45 E13: SPACsgiving Special! Vaccine news, innovation vs regulation, fixing higher ed, challenge trials
May 30, 2022
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Silver: Moderate political candidates gain a two to four point electoral advantage
“You can actually see the effect of being more moderate will gain you an extra two or three or four points, right? Being less More moderate, more radical in some cases, will lose you two or three or four points.”
Nate Silver May 30, 2022 ▶ 36:06 #AIS: FiveThirtyEight's Nate Silver on how gamblers think
May 5, 2023 positive
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Calacanis: Podcasts will decide the 2024 presidential election
“Podcast will decide the election.”
Jason Calacanis May 5, 2023 ▶ 1:53:17 In conversation with Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Sep 13, 2024
Assertion Contradicted
Thiel: Western democracies use single-day voting with almost no absentee ballots
“At a minimum, you run them, you try to run elections the same way you do it in every other Western democracy. You have one day voting. You have practically no absentee ballots. You have and it's, you know, it's one day where everything happens. It's not this t…”
Peter Thiel Sep 13, 2024 ▶ 4:43 Peter Thiel: The Coming Collapse No One Is Prepared For
Oct 18, 2024 neutral
Insight
Sacks: Stopping election denial requires making elections above reproach
“I think that if you want people to stop questioning elections or engaging in election denial, you need to make the elections above reproach.”
David Sacks Oct 18, 2024 ▶ 15:35 Dueling Presidential interviews, SpaceX’s big catch, Robotaxis, Uber buying Expedia?, Nuclear NIMBY
Oct 18, 2024 neutral
Insight
Sacks explains why prediction markets price narrow election leads near 100%
“So if for sure you knew the election was 51 49, The betting markets would swing to a hundred zero.”
David Sacks Oct 18, 2024 ▶ 2:27 Dueling Presidential interviews, SpaceX’s big catch, Robotaxis, Uber buying Expedia?, Nuclear NIMBY
Nov 1, 2024 neutral
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Sacks: Positive Q3 GDP report is probably too late to impact the election
“So I think it's probably too late here for the GDP numbers to have a big impact on the election.”
David Sacks Nov 1, 2024 ▶ 13:50 Inflated GDP?, Google earnings, How the media lost trust, Rogan/Trump search controversy, Election!
Jun 29, 2026 neutral
Insight
Nate Silver: Almost every modern US election is a change election
“Almost every election now is a change election.”
Nate Silver Jun 29, 2026 ▶ 30:05 Nate Silver Predicts: Democrats Take the House, Newsom Is Fading, President AOC?!
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