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NY Professor correctly picked the last 5 elections

Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,623 ✭✭✭✭
edited October 2016 in General Discussion
http://eaglerising.com/37916/professor-who-correctly-predicted-last-5-elections-says-this-candidate-will-win-with-87-5-percent-certainty/

"One political science professor who's correctly predicted the winners of the last five presidential elections doesn't go by the polls. His name is Helmut Norpoth, and he works at Stony Brook University in New York. iNews reports:

Using a statistical model based on previous election results, he is predicting that Mr Trump will triumph next month. Professor Norpoth told i: "My forecast says that he's going to win 52.5 per cent of the two-party vote, that would give Hillary 47.5 per cent. I attach something like 87 per cent certainty that he's going to win."

Professor Norpoth admits that his prediction is not shared by many pollsters, with most showing Ms Clinton just ahead of Mr Trump - one by as many as 12 points. But he added: "My forecast is not poll-driven - I don't live by the polls so I don't die by the polls."

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  • Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Looks like his streak is getting ready to end. I assume his last miss was the 1992 election of Clinton vs GHW Bush and Perot the spoiler.

    This one will be a bit similar, although I don't expect the two 'offbrands' (Johnson/Stein) to take over 18% of the popular vote like Perot did.

    Won't be long now,...get ready to bend over.
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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