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2016 Postmortem

brooklynite

(94,621 posts) Sat Oct 22, 2016, 02:58 PM Oct 2016

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Landslide Watch

Political Wire

With 17 days until the election, every single major forecast has Hillary Clinton above the 270 electoral votes she needs to become the next president.

The forecasts currently range from having her winning from 278 to 352 electoral votes with the average at 317. However, there are still a considerable number of toss up states in these forecasts.

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Landslide Watch (Original Post) brooklynite Oct 2016 OP

The bottom 2 are so different than BootinUp Oct 2016 #1

Cook is very cautious with their predictions. longship Oct 2016 #2

So the 278-279 is a lock then. I am BootinUp Oct 2016 #3

Well, Charlie Cook errors on the side of caution. longship Oct 2016 #4

BootinUp

(47,165 posts)

1. The bottom 2 are so different than

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Sat Oct 22, 2016, 03:00 PM

Oct 2016

the others, I wonder why?

longship

(40,416 posts)

2. Cook is very cautious with their predictions.

Reply to BootinUp (Reply #1)

Sat Oct 22, 2016, 03:03 PM

Oct 2016

Always has been.

BootinUp

(47,165 posts)

3. So the 278-279 is a lock then. I am

Reply to longship (Reply #2)

Sat Oct 22, 2016, 03:07 PM

Oct 2016

ok with that. 😀

longship

(40,416 posts)

4. Well, Charlie Cook errors on the side of caution.

Reply to BootinUp (Reply #3)

Sat Oct 22, 2016, 03:10 PM

Oct 2016

That does not mean that his predictions are accurate. It means that he does not stick his neck out too far.

I am fine with that, too.

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