The New York Times' Needle election prediction made its debut on election night despite the strike called by the union ...

The displayed confidence interval, shown by colored bands spreading out from the Needle chart, contains 95 percent of those simulated results. Outcomes beyond the confidence interval are still ...

The New York Times’s signature election needle may not be available to the public as results come in Tuesday night amid an ongoing strike by the outlet’s technology staff, the paper’s ...

The New York Times' popular election "Needle" may not be available on Election Night, as the publication's technology guild remains on strike. The Times' needle estimates the final outcome of an ...

Update: At about 8:30 p.m. ET, The New York Times’ Needle went live. On its web page, it said the election was “a tossup,” but it nonetheless estimated Trump to win 279 electoral votes ...

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