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The trader correctly predicted a Trump victory in the electoral college and the popular vote, and that the GOP candidate would sweep the “blue wall” swing states.
Allan Lichtman has accurately predicted almost every presidential race since 1984—and he says there will be a clear winner in November.
The FiveThirtyEight founder pushed back hard on anyone who is criticizing his closely watched model after the presidential race was much tighter than expected.
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The “wrongest man in politics” finally gets something correct: Rand Paul’s poor primary performance.
They’ve been wildly wrong before, but experts looking at our future are surprisingly optimistic.
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Sure, Germany is back in the World Cup final. But it’ll have to beat Argentina without Paul, the cephalopod that correctly predicted the results of all eight (!) German matches last go-around.
<p>The <a href="/content/newsweek/2012/11/09/nate-silver-how-a-nerd-changed-political-reporting-forever.html">statistician and author</a> of the new book <i><a target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/Signal-Noise-Many-Predictions-Fail-but/dp/159420411X/">The Signal and the Noise</a>,</i> who has now predicted two presidential elections with astounding accuracy, on the principles he abides by on his blog.<br> <br> </p>
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