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Rising (The Hill)· Nov 5, 2024

The co-host presented an electoral map predicting a Harris landslide, including Harris carrying Texas and Florida, arguing polls are badly wrong and Trump's coalition has shrunk since 2016 and 2020.

“I've been predicting a landslide for at least three weeks now.”

said on air, transcribed by us · Rising (The Hill) · read the original →

3 checkable claims — 3 race winners — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing bet.

All 3 have settled, averaging 0 out of 100, against 66.7 for a naive guess at the same calls.

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3 checkable claims in this take

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 WinnersNov 5, 2024

    “But you have her winning Texas and Florida? Yeah. Puerto Rican vote.”

    Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 100-100 skill
    How this was scored
    right:
    no
    race:
    2024-president-tx
    election year:
    2024
    skill:
    -100
    topic:
    elections
    held going in by:
    Republican
    result from:
    fec-2024-president
    who won:
    Donald Trump
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    100
    race name:
    2024 U.S. presidential election in Texas
    decided in the:
    general
    they said:
    Kamala Harris
    days before the vote when called:
    0
    difficulty:
    1
    the winner's party:
    Republican
    the naive guess:
    the party holding the seat keeps it
    Election Day:
    2024-11-05
    the result is:
    certified
    the party they named:
    Democratic

    Think this is wrong?

  • Race WinnersNov 5, 2024

    “I've been predicting a landslide for at least three weeks now.”

    Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
    How this was scored
    right:
    no
    race:
    2024-president
    election year:
    2024
    skill:
    0
    topic:
    elections
    held going in by:
    Democratic
    in their words:
    a landslide
    result from:
    fec-2024-president
    who won:
    Donald Trump
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    0
    race name:
    2024 U.S. presidential election
    decided in the:
    electoral-college
    they said:
    Kamala Harris
    days before the vote when called:
    0
    difficulty:
    1
    the winner's party:
    Republican
    the naive guess:
    the party holding the seat keeps it
    Election Day:
    2024-11-05
    the result is:
    certified
    the party they named:
    Democratic

    Think this is wrong?

  • Race WinnersNov 5, 2024

    “But you have her winning Texas and Florida? Yeah. Puerto Rican vote.”

    Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 100-100 skill
    How this was scored
    right:
    no
    race:
    2024-president-fl
    election year:
    2024
    skill:
    -100
    topic:
    elections
    held going in by:
    Republican
    result from:
    fec-2024-president
    who won:
    Donald Trump
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    100
    race name:
    2024 U.S. presidential election in Florida
    decided in the:
    general
    they said:
    Kamala Harris
    days before the vote when called:
    0
    difficulty:
    1
    the winner's party:
    Republican
    the naive guess:
    the party holding the seat keeps it
    Election Day:
    2024-11-05
    the result is:
    certified
    the party they named:
    Democratic

    Think this is wrong?

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