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NRaleighLiberal

(60,014 posts)
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 10:23 PM Nov 2020

NYT "A county in Washington claims the title for the longest streak of picking presidential winners.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/11/08/us/election-results?action=click&module=ELEX_results&pgtype=Interactive&region=ReporterUpdates#a-county-in-washington-claims-the-title-for-the-longest-streak-of-picking-presidential-winners

Every four years, reporters would trek to Terre Haute, Ind., to ask voters in Vigo County how, exactly, they managed to pick the winner of every presidential election since 1956. Same for Valencia County, N.M., which has gotten every election right since 1952.

But no more. President Trump won 56 percent of the vote in Vigo County, beating President-elect Joseph R. Biden Jr. by 15 percentage points. Mr. Trump carried Valencia County, just south of Albuquerque, by 10 points.

The new county with the longest streak of picking presidential winners is Clallam County, Wash., population 77,000, which has gotten every election right since 1980 — 10 times in a row, according to Ballotpedia, which tracks U.S. political statistics.

Mr. Biden won Clallam County by about 2,400 votes — a margin of 5.5 percentage points, giving it a claim to the nation’s longest presidential streak and ensuring that Port Angeles, its largest city, becomes a destination for a certain type of political reporter in 2024.
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NYT "A county in Washington claims the title for the longest streak of picking presidential winners. (Original Post) NRaleighLiberal Nov 2020 OP
SEE! THERE IT IS PROOF OF OBVIOUS FRAUD!!!1!!! mr_lebowski Nov 2020 #1
That, and Prof Alan Lichtman (and his 13 points) were correct in predicting Biden Roland99 Nov 2020 #2
I said tRump would win when I saw him on that golden escalator BigmanPigman Nov 2020 #3

Roland99

(53,342 posts)
2. That, and Prof Alan Lichtman (and his 13 points) were correct in predicting Biden
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 10:27 PM
Nov 2020

7 of his 13 indicators pointed to a Biden win.

BigmanPigman

(51,584 posts)
3. I said tRump would win when I saw him on that golden escalator
Sun Nov 8, 2020, 10:31 PM
Nov 2020

and in Summer 2018 I told my Dem family that a Biden/Harris ticket could win (they all considered it and agreed). I am not buying any lottery tickets though.

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