1. Larry Joseph Sabato is an American political scientist and political analyst.
19 Facts About Larry Sabato
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Larry Sabato is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, where he is the founder and director of the Center for Politics, which works to promote civic engagement and participation.
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Larry Sabato is well known in American political media as a popular pundit, and is interviewed frequently by a variety of sources.
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Larry Sabato grew up in Norfolk, Virginia, graduating from Norfolk Catholic High School in 1970.
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Larry Sabato followed his undergraduate degree with graduate study at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs for one year.
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Larry Sabato was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship in 1975, which brought him to study at Queen's College, Oxford.
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At the age of 15, Larry Sabato joined Howell's first campaign for the Virginia governorship in 1968, and then worked on his successful run for lieutenant governor in 1971, and his campaigns for governor in 1973 and 1977.
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In 1978, Larry Sabato became a member of the faculty at the University of Virginia.
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Larry Sabato is a University Professor and the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia.
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In 2005, Larry Sabato made a $1 million contribution to UVA, the largest gift ever given by a faculty member.
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Larry Sabato is the author of over twenty books on politics, including Feeding Frenzy: Attack Journalism and American Politics and The Rise of Political Consultants: New Ways of Winning Elections.
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Larry Sabato is the co-author of Dirty Little Secrets: The Persistence of Corruption in American Politics with Glenn R Simpson.
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Larry Sabato has written textbooks used by high school and college American government classes, and has been a frequent guest analyst on cable news outlets and radio programs.
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Larry Sabato's predictions proved correct: each of his 33 Senate predictions were accurate, and in the House, Democrats gained 29 seats on election night, the precise total predicted by Crystal Ball.
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In 2006, Larry Sabato was named the most accurate source of election predictions by MSNBC, CNBC, and Pew's Project for Excellence in Journalism.
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Larry Sabato was the only national analyst who correctly predicted the exact Democratic gains in Senate and House contests.
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The night before voting took place, Larry Sabato appeared on MSNBC and stated that Hillary Clinton would win 322 and Donald Trump would win 216 electoral college votes; in fact, Trump won 306 and Clinton won 232.
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Political blogger Greg Sargent suggested that Larry Sabato should have revealed his Center's financial connection to Goode or recused himself from making predictions about the race.
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Larry Sabato is a critic of United States President Donald Trump, stating he believed that Trump's presidency was the "worst" in US history.