Beha: As I said, I started thinking about the book shortly after the data journalists rose to fame in 2008. I began actually writing it soon after the 2012 election, another win for the quant crowd. But it is not only when the election is a few months away that the media puts things in this context. Cillizza: Finish this sentence: "If Sam Waxworth was handicapping the 2020 election, he would give Biden a _______% chance of winning." One of the things that the data journalists promised to add to the punditry mix was some sense of accountability.

Source: CNN August 11, 2020 16:41 UTC