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2016 Postmortem

Godhumor

(6,437 posts) Thu Sep 29, 2016, 01:05 PM Sep 2016

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Psychological Feel-Good. PredictWise now has Clinton at 76% odds, pushing past 75% barrier (Original Post) Godhumor Sep 2016 OP

For historical context exboyfil Sep 2016 #1

Thank you very much. I liked that read. ffr Sep 2016 #2

Hopefully by the election it's even higher. woodsprite Sep 2016 #3

(17,862 posts)

1. For historical context

Thu Sep 29, 2016, 01:09 PM

Sep 2016

Here is an article from the New Scientist at about the same time in the race. Silver was predicting 1 in 4 chance of Romney victory. Predictwise had similar estimates.

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg21528840-200-the-us-presidential-election-is-no-contest/