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Wonder if Allan Lichtman has made his prediction yet. (Original Post) PinkTiger Jul 2016 OP
Okay, this is really interesting: Hortensis Jul 2016 #1
I was wondering about that too democrattotheend Jul 2016 #2

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
1. Okay, this is really interesting:
Sat Jul 2, 2016, 11:24 AM
Jul 2016

No reliance on polls, no attempt to "weight" data. The key they identify in predicting who will win is the performance of the party holding the White House.

This goes along with something I heard from another pollster, that the incumbent president's approval rating is the key indicator that correlates most strongly, not in just the presidential race, but how the party will do as a whole.

This June article has 2 "updates," but unfortunately they're very dated.
http://hubpages.com/politics/Predicting-the-2016-Election-the-13-Keys-to-the-White-House

THE FIX: One of the keys is “scandal,” and this has been a particularly nasty election in which both current front-runners have particularly high unfavorable ratings, like Clinton’s email server or Trump University. What threshold does that have to reach to really become a very influential factor?

LICHTMAN: So when we’re talking about scandal, we’re talking about presidential scandals. We’re talking about the Watergate scandal, the Clinton impeachment, the Teapot Dome bribery scandal of the 1920s. And there is nothing remotely close to that for the Obama administration. Candidates trying to undermine each other, that is as old as the Republic.

These personal charges and countercharges are really the common coin of American politics. They ebb and flow; they’re more severe at some times than others. They’re pretty severe now, but they’ve been more severe in the past.

democrattotheend

(11,607 posts)
2. I was wondering about that too
Sat Jul 2, 2016, 06:51 PM
Jul 2016

I knew a number of people who took his class in college. He has an interesting methodology. Based on his method I think this year would actually point to a Republican victory, but I don't think his model really takes into account a crazy like Trump. It's based mostly on the political environment.

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