# Drew Linzer

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{{short description|American political scientist}}
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|name = Drew Linzer
|occupation = Political scientist
|alma_mater = [UCLA](/source/University_of_California%2C_Los_Angeles) ([Ph.D.](/source/Doctor_of_Philosophy))<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu/people/drew_a_linzer|title=FSI {{!}} CDDRL - Drew Linzer|website=cddrl.fsi.stanford.edu|access-date=6 October 2021}}</ref>
|website = {{URL|https://votamatic.org/about-me/}}

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'''Drew Linzer''' is an American [political scientist](/source/political_science) who serves as the director and chief scientist at [Civiqs](/source/Civiqs). He was formerly an assistant professor of political science at [Emory University](/source/Emory_University).<ref name = "bbc">{{cite news | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20246741 | newspaper = [BBC News Magazine](/source/BBC_News_Magazine) | title = Drew Linzer: The stats man who predicted Obama's win | date = 2012-11-09 | access-date = 2012-11-09}}</ref> He is known for his [psephology](/source/psephology) site "Votamatic".<ref>{{cite news | url = http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/the-rise-of-the-poll-quants-or-the-demise-of-the-tv-pundits/31636 | newspaper = [The Chronicle of Higher Education](/source/The_Chronicle_of_Higher_Education) | title = The Rise of the Poll Quants (or, Why Sam Wang Might Eat a Bug) | date = 2012-11-08 | access-date = 2012-11-09}}</ref><ref name = "bbc"/> In 2014, Linzer ran the successful [Daily Kos](/source/Daily_Kos) election forecast.<ref>{{cite news | url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/monkey-cage/wp/2014/11/05/election-lab-on-track-to-forecast-35-of-36-senate-races-correctly/ | title = Election Lab on track to forecast 35 of 36 Senate races correctly | date = 2014-11-05|author1-link=John M. Sides | author = John Sides | newspaper = [The Washington Post](/source/The_Washington_Post) | access-date = 2014-11-05}}</ref>

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