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Clay Travis· Oct 25, 2024

Travis argued that Trump is likely to win the presidency, that he will also carry the national popular vote, that he will win Ohio comfortably, and that Bernie Moreno will be Ohio's next senator.

“And I think he's going to win the popular vote.”

said on air or in an interview · The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show · read the original →

4 checkable claims — 4 race winners — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing bet.

All 4 have settled, averaging 100 out of 100, against 25 for a naive guess at the same calls.

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4 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 WinnersOct 25, 2024

    “you have the ability and all of the Ohio voters do to not only put Trump in the White House, and we expect Trump to win Ohio comfortably”

    Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skill
    How this was scored
    right:
    yes
    race:
    2024-president-oh
    election year:
    2024
    skill:
    0
    topic:
    elections
    held going in by:
    Republican
    result from:
    fec-2024-president
    who won:
    Donald Trump
    accuracy:
    100
    baseline:
    100
    race name:
    2024 U.S. presidential election in Ohio
    decided in the:
    general
    they said:
    Donald Trump
    days before the vote when called:
    10
    difficulty:
    1.01
    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:
    Republican

    Think this is wrong?

  • Race WinnersOct 25, 2024

    “That is Bernie Marino, next senator from the state of Ohio.”

    Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+101 skill
    How this was scored
    right:
    yes
    race:
    2024-senate-oh
    election year:
    2024
    skill:
    101
    topic:
    elections
    held going in by:
    Democratic
    result from:
    wikipedia-2024-senate
    who won:
    Bernard F. Moreno
    accuracy:
    100
    baseline:
    0
    race name:
    2024 U.S. Senate election in Ohio
    decided in the:
    general
    they said:
    Bernard F. Moreno
    days before the vote when called:
    10
    difficulty:
    1.01
    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:
    Republican

    Think this is wrong?

  • Race WinnersOct 25, 2024

    “for him to come back and win the popular vote, I believe it will be. And I think he's going to win the popular vote”

    Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+101 skill
    How this was scored
    right:
    yes
    race:
    2024-president
    election year:
    2024
    skill:
    101
    topic:
    elections
    held going in by:
    Democratic
    result from:
    fec-2024-president
    who won:
    Donald Trump
    accuracy:
    100
    baseline:
    0
    race name:
    2024 U.S. presidential election
    decided in the:
    electoral-college
    they said:
    Donald Trump
    days before the vote when called:
    10
    difficulty:
    1.01
    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:
    Republican

    Think this is wrong?

  • Race WinnersOct 25, 2024

    “I think you're starting to see a recognition that one Trump is likely to win, because I do think they would jump on the you know, jump on the party train if Kamala Harris were going to win”

    Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 0+101 skill
    How this was scored
    right:
    yes
    race:
    2024-president
    election year:
    2024
    skill:
    101
    topic:
    elections
    held going in by:
    Democratic
    result from:
    fec-2024-president
    who won:
    Donald Trump
    accuracy:
    100
    baseline:
    0
    race name:
    2024 U.S. presidential election
    decided in the:
    electoral-college
    they said:
    Donald Trump
    days before the vote when called:
    10
    difficulty:
    1.01
    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:
    Republican

    Think this is wrong?

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