Larry Sabato | |
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Born | Larry Joseph Sabato August 7, 1952 Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
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Education | University of Virginia (BA) Princeton University Queen's College, Oxford (MA, DPhil) |
Thesis | The transformation of the American governorship, 1950-1975 (1977) |
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Institutions | University of Virginia Center for Politics |
Website | Official website |
Larry Joseph Sabato (/ˈsæbətoʊ/; born August 7, 1952) is an American political scientist and political analyst. He is the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, where he is also the founder and director of the Center for Politics, which works to promote civic engagement and participation.[1] The Center for Politics is also responsible for the publication of Sabato's Crystal Ball, an online newsletter and website that provides free political analysis and electoral projections.
He is well known in American political media as a popular pundit, and is interviewed frequently by a variety of sources.[2][3]