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DemocratSinceBirth

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30. Because
Tue May 3, 2016, 10:15 PM
May 2016




Dr. Larry J. Sabato is the founder and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics. He is also the University Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia, and has had visiting appointments at Oxford University and Cambridge University in Great Britain. A Rhodes Scholar, he received his doctorate from Oxford, and he is the author or editor of two dozen books on American politics.

Prof. Sabato directs the Center for Politics’ Crystal Ball website, a leader in accurately predicting elections since its inception. In 2004, the Crystal Ball notched a 99 percent accuracy rate in predicting all races for House, Senate, Governor and each state’s Electoral College outcome. In 2006, the Pew Research Center and the Pew Charitable Trusts’ Project for Excellence in Journalism recognized the Crystal Ball as the leader in the field of political predictors, noting that the site “came closer than any other of the top ten potential predictors this cycle.”
In 2008, the Crystal Ball came within one electoral vote of the exact tally in the Electoral College, while also correctly picking the result of every single gubernatorial and Senate race across the country. In 2010, the Crystal Ball was the first to forecast a solid Republican takeover of the House. While others were predicting a Romney victory in 2012, the Crystal Ball forecast a substantial Obama margin in the Electoral College, and ultimately missed just two states. The Crystal Ball had a combined 97% accuracy rate in forecasting the Electoral College, Senate, House and gubernatorial contests.
Earlier this year, the Crystal Ball won a “Beast Best” award from The Daily Beast as one of the top political sites on the web.
In 2013 Prof. Sabato won an Emmy award for the television documentary Out of Order, which he produced to highlight the dysfunctional U.S. Senate. In 2014, Prof. Sabato won a second Emmy award for the PBS documentary The Kennedy Half-Century, which covers the life, assassination, and lasting legacy of President John F. Kennedy.
In October 2013, Prof. Sabato and the Center for Politics unveiled the Kennedy Half Century project. The project consisted of a New York Times bestselling book, The Kennedy Half-Century PBS documentary, a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) available on Coursera and iTunes U, an app with the complete recordings and transcripts from Dealey Plaza on 11/22/63, and a website (www.thekennedyhalfcentury.com).
Prof. Sabato is also very active on social media. His Twitter feed (@LarrySabato) was named by Time Magazine as one of the 140 best Twitter feeds of 2014.

http://www.centerforpolitics.org/staff_sabato.html



And if that doesn't convince you:

http://www.oddschecker.com/politics/us-politics/us-presidential-election-2016/winner



And if that and that doesn't convince you:


I should note that the polls have been telling us this information for some time. In the first half of March, Clinton led Trump by a median of 9 percentage points. Using an SD of 4.5 percentage points, her win probability would come out as 93%. So today’s estimate has been knowable for several months.

http://election.princeton.edu/2016/05/01/what-do-head-to-head-general-election-polls-tell-us-about-november/#more-15484

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I don't care if the hill folks deny it, but losses this late morningfog May 2016 #1
No, they don't. Indiana fits his pattern of a state with few African American voters and an pnwmom May 2016 #2
Plus Proud Liberal Dem May 2016 #5
One big difference. RichVRichV May 2016 #24
It won't matter in the GE Proud Liberal Dem May 2016 #27
It will matter in the GE. RichVRichV May 2016 #31
I guess it will be up to the Indies Proud Liberal Dem May 2016 #33
While "independent" may imply that, surveys show most are party loyalists. Garrett78 May 2016 #35
Independents don't show up for candidates they don't care for. RichVRichV May 2016 #39
Given that Clinton is winning the nomination mythology May 2016 #40
Because by the time they started making decisions the deadlines had already passed. RichVRichV May 2016 #42
Hillary supporters better figure this one out, fast. Red Oak May 2016 #32
And the pattern is Hillary can't win the Independent vote that is critical to the General Election. RichVRichV May 2016 #19
Winning "leaning Dem" independents in the Dem primary does not predict that Bernie pnwmom May 2016 #25
Nothing can predict the future as I keep saying. RichVRichV May 2016 #37
Obama lost the independent vote in 2012. Garrett78 May 2016 #29
Obama won the Independent votes in Florida, Ohio, and New Hampshire by more RichVRichV May 2016 #34
That's the myth of the "independent" voter. Garrett78 May 2016 #36
My bad on Ohio, had the numbers reversed. RichVRichV May 2016 #38
Nate Silver also gave her a 90-something % chance of winning Indiana, as I recall. JudyM May 2016 #20
He said that the polls said that, but the demographics predicted a Bernie win. pnwmom May 2016 #26
No they don't. Mesee May 2016 #51
Whistling past the graveyard. If we let Hillary win the nomination, we'll have a Trump white house. CentralCoaster May 2016 #4
In the real world, Hillary has already won the nomination. Mathematically a win by Bernie pnwmom May 2016 #8
Because DemocratSinceBirth May 2016 #30
Meh. Obama lost some states toward the end as well. Codeine May 2016 #6
The two idiots the republicans ran against him couldn't cheat their way to a win at Solitaire. cherokeeprogressive May 2016 #43
I'm not "Hill folk," but I just don't see that. Garrett78 May 2016 #11
Exactly. cali May 2016 #12
Yea, those late-season losses really put a fatal dent in Obama's fall campaign Tarc May 2016 #16
It doesn't make her weaker. It reveals her weakness virtualobserver May 2016 #3
She has the same weakness Obama did -- white men. But Obama lost pnwmom May 2016 #9
Uh no. It's more than that. Obama galvanized people. She does not. cali May 2016 #13
Yes, she does. We just don't like giant rallies. But we do get out to vote -- and millions more pnwmom May 2016 #28
No, she doesn't. Quit pretending. cherokeeprogressive May 2016 #44
Yeah, tell that to the millions of people who preferred her to him. n/t pnwmom May 2016 #48
Who has the best chance Ferd Berfel May 2016 #7
The Rethugs have a solid file of opposition research that they're salivating to use against Bernie. pnwmom May 2016 #10
SO? They have OP research on Clinton collected since 2008 Ferd Berfel May 2016 #15
Irrelevant and wrong. And what dems have on trump is evidently huge. cali May 2016 #17
You have personal, first-hand knowledge about this? If so you should share with this community. JudyM May 2016 #22
Nothing to share. This one makes it up as she goes. cherokeeprogressive May 2016 #45
You are right, it seems. Crickets... JudyM May 2016 #50
We would know exactly what hit us. frylock May 2016 #49
If hypothetical GE match-up polling meant anything at this juncture, Dukakis would have become POTUS Garrett78 May 2016 #18
Indiana is working class, like Michigan and Wisconsin before it. ScreamingMeemie May 2016 #14
If by "working class," you mean it has workers, that's true of every state. Garrett78 May 2016 #23
Have they moved Ohio, Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri out of the midwest? mythology May 2016 #41
Okay what if trump did everything Hillary did in her past Joob May 2016 #21
Yes. Plus, it's my theory that Sanders does extra well when it's clear that wiggs May 2016 #46
All good points. Garrett78 May 2016 #47
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