Erick-Woods Erickson· Oct 28, 2022
Arguing that a Republican wave was building regardless of the polls, Erickson said Nevada Democrats were abandoning Governor Steve Sisolak because Republican Joe Lombardo was going to win, and that it was hard to picture Lombardo winning while Adam Laxalt lost the state's Senate race.
“It is hard to imagine Lombardo winning and Laxalt losing as Hispanic voters appear to be moving right.”
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2 checkable claims — 2 race winners — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.
All 2 have settled, averaging 50 out of 100, against 50 for a naive guess at the same calls.
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Each one is scored on its own against the published methodology. A pundit naming several outcomes is graded on each, not on all-or-nothing.
- Race WinnersOct 28, 2022
“in Nevada, Democrats are moving money away from Steve Sisolak, the incumbent Governor, in recognition that Joe Lombardo is going to win”
Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+102 skillHow this was scored
- right:
- yes
- race:
- 2022-governor-nv
- election year:
- 2022
- skill:
- 102
- topic:
- elections
- held going in by:
- Democratic
- result from:
- wikipedia-2022-governor
- who won:
- Joe Lombardo
- accuracy:
- 100
- baseline:
- 0
- race name:
- 2022 Nevada gubernatorial election
- decided in the:
- general
- they said:
- Joe Lombardo
- days before the vote when called:
- 11
- difficulty:
- 1.02
- the winner's party:
- Republican
- the naive guess:
- the party holding the seat keeps it
- Election Day:
- 2022-11-08
- the result is:
- certified
- the party they named:
- Republican
- Race WinnersOct 28, 2022
“It is hard to imagine Lombardo winning and Laxalt losing as Hispanic voters appear to be moving right.”
Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 100-102 skillHow this was scored
- right:
- no
- race:
- 2022-senate-nv
- election year:
- 2022
- skill:
- −102
- topic:
- elections
- held going in by:
- Democratic
- result from:
- fec-2022
- who won:
- Catherine Cortez Masto
- accuracy:
- 0
- baseline:
- 100
- race name:
- 2022 U.S. Senate election in Nevada
- decided in the:
- general
- they said:
- Adam Paul Laxalt
- days before the vote when called:
- 11
- difficulty:
- 1.02
- the winner's party:
- Democratic
- the naive guess:
- the party holding the seat keeps it
- Election Day:
- 2022-11-08
- the result is:
- certified
- the party they named:
- Republican
More race winners
The same kind of call, about other players and teams.
- Jim GeraghtyRace WinnersMiss · 0Geraghty said Republicans would clearly win the House, but with a majority in the twenties rather than a 40-50 seat wave, and that the GOP would take the Senate by about one seat. He called Budd, Vance and Johnson winners in their Senate races, Kiggans a winner in Virginia's 2nd, Fetterman the likely winner in Pennsylvania, Laxalt the safer GOP bet in Nevada, and liked Walker's odds in a Georgia runoff.
- Megyn KellyRace WinnersHit · 100Kelly predicted Republicans would win control of the House, that Ron Johnson would hold Wisconsin given Mandela Barnes' record on crime, and that JD Vance would win in Ohio.
- Tom BevanRace WinnersHit · 100Bevan said Republicans would still take the House and would win the Senate by a margin of one or two seats, that Oz would fall short in Pennsylvania, and gave expected winning margins of roughly eight points for Vance in Ohio, about five for Budd in North Carolina, and a very narrow Walker edge in Georgia.
- Dennis PragerRace WinnersMiss · 0Asked who a Georgia Senate runoff would favor, Prager said it would favor Herschel Walker, because the contest would effectively be about control of the Senate.
- Megyn KellyRace WinnersMiss · 0Kelly said the worst case for Republicans was taking only the House, predicted Lee Zeldin would win the New York governor's race, and agreed the New Hampshire Republican Senate candidate would win.
- Matt ContinettiRace WinnersHit · 100Continetti forecast a big Republican night: a House gain of 20 to 30 seats or more and three to four Senate pickups, with Ron DeSantis reelected in Florida.