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Clay Travis· Nov 8, 2022

Travis ran through the Republican Senate slate on Election Day, saying Vance, Masters, Oz, Budd and Bolduc would all win their races, and that Herschel Walker would win Georgia outright without a runoff.

“I think Blake Master is gonna win an Arizona.”

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

6 checkable claims — 6 race winners — each graded on its own rather than as one all-or-nothing call.

All 6 have settled, averaging 33.3 out of 100, against 83.3 for a naive guess at the same calls.

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6 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 8, 2022

    “Ted Bud's gonna win comfortably in North Carolina.”

    Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skill
    How this was scored
    right:
    yes
    race:
    2022-senate-nc
    election year:
    2022
    skill:
    0
    topic:
    elections
    held going in by:
    Republican
    result from:
    fec-2022
    who won:
    Ted Budd
    accuracy:
    100
    baseline:
    100
    race name:
    2022 U.S. Senate election in North Carolina
    decided in the:
    general
    they said:
    Ted Budd
    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:
    2022-11-08
    the result is:
    certified
    the party they named:
    Republican

    Think this is wrong?

  • Race WinnersNov 8, 2022

    “I think Don Balduck's gonna win in New Hampshire.”

    Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 100-100 skill
    How this was scored
    right:
    no
    race:
    2022-senate-nh
    election year:
    2022
    skill:
    −100
    topic:
    elections
    held going in by:
    Democratic
    result from:
    fec-2022
    who won:
    Maggie Hassan
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    100
    race name:
    2022 U.S. Senate election in New Hampshire
    decided in the:
    general
    they said:
    Donald C. Bolduc
    days before the vote when called:
    0
    difficulty:
    1
    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

    Think this is wrong?

  • Race WinnersNov 8, 2022

    “Doctor Oz, I think is gonna win today in Pennsylvania.”

    Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 0+0 skill
    How this was scored
    right:
    no
    race:
    2022-senate-pa
    election year:
    2022
    skill:
    0
    topic:
    elections
    held going in by:
    Republican
    result from:
    fec-2022
    who won:
    John K. Fetterman
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    0
    race name:
    2022 U.S. Senate election in Pennsylvania
    decided in the:
    general
    they said:
    Mehmet Oz
    days before the vote when called:
    0
    difficulty:
    1
    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

    Think this is wrong?

  • Race WinnersNov 8, 2022

    “I think he's going to win outright in Georgia tonight”

    Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 100-100 skill
    How this was scored
    right:
    no
    race:
    2022-senate-ga
    election year:
    2022
    skill:
    −100
    topic:
    elections
    held going in by:
    Democratic
    result from:
    fec-2022
    who won:
    Raphael Warnock
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    100
    race name:
    2022 U.S. Senate election in Georgia
    decided in the:
    runoff
    they said:
    Herschel Junior Walker
    days before the vote when called:
    0
    difficulty:
    1
    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

    Think this is wrong?

  • Race WinnersNov 8, 2022

    “I think Blake Master is gonna win an Arizona. He's your guy.”

    Miss · 0Scored 0a naive guess scored 100-100 skill
    How this was scored
    right:
    no
    race:
    2022-senate-az
    election year:
    2022
    skill:
    −100
    topic:
    elections
    held going in by:
    Democratic
    result from:
    fec-2022
    who won:
    Mark Kelly
    accuracy:
    0
    baseline:
    100
    race name:
    2022 U.S. Senate election in Arizona
    decided in the:
    general
    they said:
    Blake Masters
    days before the vote when called:
    0
    difficulty:
    1
    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

    Think this is wrong?

  • Race WinnersNov 8, 2022

    “I know you were with Jade Vance. He's gonna win probably a landslide based on the polls that I know you're seeing and I'm seeing.”

    Hit · 100Scored 100a naive guess scored 100+0 skill
    How this was scored
    right:
    yes
    race:
    2022-senate-oh
    election year:
    2022
    skill:
    0
    topic:
    elections
    held going in by:
    Republican
    result from:
    fec-2022
    who won:
    JD Vance
    accuracy:
    100
    baseline:
    100
    race name:
    2022 U.S. Senate election in Ohio
    decided in the:
    general
    they said:
    JD Vance
    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:
    2022-11-08
    the result is:
    certified
    the party they named:
    Republican

    Think this is wrong?

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