In a 2012 interview, Nate Silver described himself as being somewhere between a liberal and a libertarian.

True: a 2012 interview exists in which Silver described his politics as somewhere between liberal and libertarian, or in close equivalent words. Mostly true: the interview exists and the self-description matches in substance, but the year is slightly off (for example it was published late 2011 or early 2013), or the wording differs in a minor way. Mostly false: an interview exists, but he described himself differently in a way that only partly matches, for example only 'libertarian-leaning' or only 'liberal'. False: the interview located (including the one Molloy cited) shows he did not describe himself this way, or shows a clearly different self-description.

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1. E1 Nate Silver - Wikiquote Wikiquote

   “I'd say I am somewhere in between being a libertarian and a liberal. So if I were to vote it would be kind of a Gary Johnson versus Mitt Romney decision, I suppose.”

2. E2 Nate Silver - Wikiquote Wikiquote

   “Interview with Charlie Rose (29 October 2012)”

3. E3 Interview: Nate Silver explains The Phoenix (Boston) · 5 November 2012

   “I'm actually more liberal to libertarian.”

4. E4 Nate Silver - Influence Watch InfluenceWatch

   “in a 2012 NPR interview, he called himself a “political independent.””

Wikiquote quotes Silver saying "I'd say I am somewhere in between being a libertarian and a liberal" (E1). It attributes the line to an interview with Charlie Rose dated 29 October 2012 (E2). A separate Boston Phoenix interview published 5 November 2012 quotes him saying "I'm actually more liberal to libertarian" (E3), which supports the same self-description in a 2012 interview. The wording matches the claim, and so does the year.