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DAVID WASSERMAN

Senior Editor & Election Analyst, The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter

NBC Contributor

David Wasserman is the Senior Editor & Election Analyst at The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter, a renowned nonpartisan newsletter since 1984 known for its authoritative analyses of U.S. elections. He also contributes to NBC News.

Wasserman is celebrated for his engaging presentations on the current political landscape, offering data-driven insights into national and local election trends, district-specific outlooks, and the intersection of consumer behavior and voting.

Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com lauds Wasserman’s deep understanding of political geography, while the Los Angeles Times describes him as "whip smart" and "scrupulously nonpartisan." Chuck Todd of NBC's Meet the Press has called him indispensable on Election Night.

In 2016, Wasserman earned acclaim for accurately predicting Trump's path to the White House despite losing the popular vote. In 2020, Wasserman's forecast of Biden's win was correct in 49 of 50 states, missing only North Carolina. And in 2024, Wasserman correctly assessed that erosion in Democratic support among young and nonwhite voters made Trump the slight favorite to retake the White House.

His insights and commentary appear widely across major media outlets, and he received the News Data App of the Year award for his collaboration with FiveThirtyEight on the "Atlas of Redistricting."

A prolific writer and speaker, Wasserman contributes to the Almanac of American Politics and lectures at institutions like Harvard's Institute of Politics and the University of Chicago Institute of Politics, where he was named a resident Pritzker Fellow in 2019.