David Wasserman

David Nathan Wasserman (born September 13, 1984) is an American political analyst known for his coverage of elections to the United States House of Representatives. He has worked as an editor at the nonpartisan election analysis newsletter The Cook Political Report with Amy Walter since 2007 and is a contributor to NBC News. Wasserman is considered an expert on redistricting in the United States.

Early life and education Wasserman grew up in Montgomery Township, New Jersey where he attended Montgomery High School as part of the class of 2002.

He attended the University of Virginia, where he studied government. As a student, he worked for Sabato's Crystal Ball, serving as its House Editor for three years. However, he wrongly predicted "Category 2 or 3" red or Republican "hurricane" in the 2022 midterms.

In addition to predicting elections, Wasserman is known for his real-time analysis of election returns and early election calls on Twitter. He is known for prefacing his election calls with the catchphrase, "."

Awards and honors In 2018, Wasserman's interactive collaboration with FiveThirtyEight, the "Atlas of Redistricting", won the top prize for News Data App of the Year at the Data Journalism Awards organized by the Global Editors Network. He was named a Pritzker Fellow at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics during the spring of 2019.