text:  Other than that, Silver was 100% right. A couple years later, 2010, of 37 gubernatorial races, Silver correctly predicted the winner of 36. 36 out of 37, pretty good. When it comes to the Senate races, he correctly predicted the winner in 34 out of 37 races. That's very impressive. 2012, Nate Silver's model correctly predicted the winner of every single state in the country and the District of Columbia.