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Professor Alan Lichtman on why the polls were wrong and he was right. (Original Post) OnDoutside Nov 2016 OP
He Sure Is Animated! kebob Nov 2016 #1
He did not call the election correctly marylandblue Nov 2016 #2
I think the keys theory holds but he interpreted it wrong nuxvomica Nov 2016 #5
Lets remember it's about ratings and its about getting a talking head on a show to gin up money turbinetree Nov 2016 #3
Do we have his thirteen question model available? It would be useful to examine. ancianita Nov 2016 #4

marylandblue

(12,344 posts)
2. He did not call the election correctly
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 09:51 AM
Nov 2016

In 2000, he called the election for Gore, then explained that his method only predicts the winner of the popular vote. Now Clinton won the popular vote and now he claims only that he predicted "almost" every election since 1980.

nuxvomica

(12,420 posts)
5. I think the keys theory holds but he interpreted it wrong
Mon Nov 21, 2016, 10:39 AM
Nov 2016

He failed to count the foreign-policy success key yet Obama had two: normalizing relations with Cuba and the Iran nuclear deal. He may have personally predicted Trump's win but the keys predicted Clinton's popular vote victory just as they did Gore's.

turbinetree

(24,695 posts)
3. Lets remember it's about ratings and its about getting a talking head on a show to gin up money
Sun Nov 20, 2016, 10:27 AM
Nov 2016

for the corporate masters, he is a paid consultant for any of the oligarchies called MSM.

These sooth Sayers are just that.

Did he and his bunch offer the BS of BS, did he mention the reach of what Kobach planted in some states called "Crosscheck" nope, this professor goes around and says it's the party in power that gets hit, well professor, what do you have to say about a meddling FBI Director, or the republican gerrymandering, oh I don't know 26 states into there right wing BS.

Can you tell all of your audience what it is going to look like to have a Chief Justice of the United States, that same one that is a racist when he voted to gut the Voting Rights Act, and he is going to swear in a racist and bigot.

And finally professor have you thought about the long term fact that racist power in charge now, only needs 6 more states to have a Constitutional Convention to do a line by line re-write of the present Constitution to fit three Tory needs, to have some f***ing king, that is a serial predator and is still in my book a criminal fraudster, racists, bigot.

And so for you to paint this picture that you paint for your own serve serving needs is just that self serving.

So go back under your rock and take your polls with you and trying to "normalize" your BS

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