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DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR POLITICS; ROBERT KENT GOOCH PROFESSOR OF POLITICS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE
DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR POLITICS; ROBERT KENT GOOCH PROFESSOR OF POLITICS, UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA, CHARLOTTESVILLE
Virginia Business// August 29, 2024//
Virginia’s most notable political pundit, Sabato is the founding director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, breaking ground on a $10 million expansion.
Widely quoted by national media, Sabato’s Crystal Ball newsletter, which handicaps political races, has maintained a high accuracy rate, although its prediction of a 2016 Hillary Clinton win forced Sabato and staff to admit they “blew it.” Following President Joe Biden’s departure from the 2024 race, Sabato said Democrats had been “headed for disaster” with Biden, but he hasn’t made a prediction whether Vice President Kamala Harris can prevail against former President Donald Trump.
Sabato serves on the advisory board for U.Va.’s Karsh Institute of Democracy and is a New York Times bestselling author and four-time Emmy winner.
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