Larry Sabato

Larry Sabato
Sabato in 2024
Born
Larry Joseph Sabato

(1952-08-07) August 7, 1952 (age 72)
Occupations
  • Political scientist
  • political analyst
  • author
Academic background
EducationUniversity of Virginia (BA)
Princeton University
Queen's College, Oxford (MA, DPhil)
ThesisThe transformation of the American governorship, 1950–1975 (1977)
Academic work
InstitutionsUniversity of Virginia
Center for Politics
WebsiteOfficial website

Larry Joseph Sabato (/ˈsæbət/; 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]

  1. ^ "Staff, Center for Politics, University of Virginia". centerforpolitics.org. Archived from the original on August 25, 2015. Retrieved August 11, 2015.
  2. ^ Wemple, Erik (April 20, 2016). "Don't offer to clean up cable-TV pundit Larry Sabato's famous office". Washington Post. Archived from the original on September 14, 2018. Retrieved October 4, 2020.
  3. ^ "Larry Sabato: Political pundit and proud of it". The Hook. October 31, 2002. Archived from the original on November 29, 2020. Retrieved October 4, 2020.