If you are teaching about the US election, or just interested in the election – Five Thirty Eight is a fascinating site.

What is the significance of the number 538? 538 is the number of electors in the electoral college.

What is the mission of this website? Most broadly, to accumulate and analyze polling and political data in way that is informed, accurate and attractive. Most narrowly, to give you the best possible objective assessment of the likely outcome of upcoming elections.

If you’re a data geek, regression analysis may be what excites you – but there are excellent visual maps representing election projections, electoral vote, swing votes, etc.

Great social studies and mathematics connections …