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2016 Postmortem

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts) Wed Jun 29, 2016, 03:51 PM Jun 2016

Who will win the presidency? (FiveThirtyEight.com)

Chance of winning

Hillary Clinton
80.6%

Donald Trump
19.3%

http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/

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Who will win the presidency? (FiveThirtyEight.com) (Original Post) workinclasszero Jun 2016 OP

Thats not what the media wants to hear UMTerp01 Jun 2016 #1

I was told on DU that Hillary couldn't possibly beat Trump. Who to believe? Lil Missy Jun 2016 #2

Nate Silver did get 1 primary prediction wrong Doctor Jack Jun 2016 #3

Whoa! I can dig those numbers! Nice. AgadorSparticus Jun 2016 #4

UMTerp01

(1,048 posts)

1. Thats not what the media wants to hear

Reply to workinclasszero (Original post)

Wed Jun 29, 2016, 04:55 PM

Jun 2016

They want this to be a tight race so that they can keep up the ratings. Other people want it to be a tight race and I think actually want Trump to win so they can say "Told you Bernie would've been better"