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Race Margins

Scored under the published methodology, which sets out what counts as right, what a naive guess would have said, and why an earlier call is worth more than a late one.

Takes logged
47
Graded
38

81% settled

Average accuracy
77.1

out of 100

Pundits
25

have made one

How these calls land

Every graded call of this kind, bucketed by score.

Takes in each band

020406080
0 — dead wrongscore out of 100100 — nailed it
22 scored 80+1 scored under 40

Settled or waiting

38 / 47

graded

9 still pending

By season

  • 202438 of 45 graded
  • 20260 of 2 graded

Who is good at race margins

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provisionalRatings this early are samples, not reputations — the methodology sets out how many articles it takes before we call one settled.

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Every race margins take

1–25 of 47

  • PendingRyan GirduskyRace Margins2026 season

    I think Donald's going to win by like 9 or 10 points, 8 or 9 points. I don't think it's that competitive.

    Waiting on the season to settle this.said Sep 30, 2026the article →
  • PendingRyan GirduskyRace Margins2026 season

    I think Moody will probably win by 10 points or more.

    Waiting on the season to settle this.said Sep 30, 2026the article →
  • Hit · 88Sam WangRace Margins2024 season

    Trump will win Iowa by 12 points.

    a naive guess scored 49.9+38 skillsaid Nov 5, 2024the article →
  • Hit · 100Steve DeaceRace Margins2024 season

    In in 2016, Trump won with 46% of the popular vote because he won the electoral college. Do you guys believe he... Give me an over under. Does he go over or under that in the popular vote here today in this election? Over. Over. I I I think it's an easy over.

    a naive guess scored 98+2 skillsaid Nov 5, 2024the article →
  • PendingHenry OlsenRace Margins2024 season

    I've got, Harris up in the popular vote by about a point and some tenths

    Waiting on the season to settle this.said Nov 5, 2024the article →
  • Hit · 85Henry OlsenRace Margins2024 season

    Trump up in the electoral college by two ninety seven to two forty one... we'll know who the president is on Wednesday morning, and that president will be Donald Trump.

    a naive guess scored 57+28 skillsaid Nov 5, 2024the article →
  • Close · 50Tim MillerRace Margins2024 season

    But I think that Kamala Harris will win a narrow electoral college victory with 276 electoral votes.

    a naive guess scored 57-7 skillsaid Nov 5, 2024the article →
  • Close · 72David FrumRace Margins2024 season

    He's gonna get about 47% tonight.

    a naive guess scored 98-26 skillsaid Nov 5, 2024the article →
  • Close · 56Robby SoaveRace Margins2024 season

    So I'm predicting the very narrowest possible win, two seventy to two sixty eight. Kamala Harris taking it.

    a naive guess scored 57-1 skillsaid Nov 5, 2024the article →
  • Close · 56Ryan GrimRace Margins2024 season

    Yeah, so you added actually two seventy two sixty eight right, like as narrow as possible. Yep, got it

    a naive guess scored 57-1 skillsaid Nov 5, 2024the article →
  • Close · 72Newt GingrichRace Margins2024 season

    My sense was around five percent.

    a naive guess scored 75.8-3.9 skillsaid Nov 5, 2024the article →
  • Hit · 100Seth KeshelRace Margins2024 season

    So Trump could be looking at numbers in Florida between twelve and fifteen points

    a naive guess scored 2.6+97.4 skillsaid Nov 5, 2024the article →
  • Close · 66Seth KeshelRace Margins2024 season

    And that pegged me for Georgia at a Trump margin of five point six percent.

    a naive guess scored 75.8-9.9 skillsaid Nov 5, 2024the article →
  • Hit · 92Seth KeshelRace Margins2024 season

    I ballpart both of those states at about three to five points just as a default setting

    a naive guess scored 56.5+35.9 skillsaid Nov 5, 2024the article →
  • Hit · 100Seth KeshelRace Margins2024 season

    But with Minnesota, it's a very similar state in my analytics to Virginia. I ballpart both of those states at about three to five points just as a default setting

    a naive guess scored 71.3+28.7 skillsaid Nov 5, 2024the article →
  • Hit · 92Seth KeshelRace Margins2024 season

    So I think North Carolina looks like at least four points.

    a naive guess scored 81.4+10.7 skillsaid Nov 5, 2024the article →
  • Hit · 84Seth KeshelRace Margins2024 season

    because Michigan to me looks like a three to four point Trump state right now

    a naive guess scored 58+26.2 skillsaid Nov 5, 2024the article →
  • Close · 56Lakshya JainRace Margins2024 season

    project her to win 270 electoral votes

    a naive guess scored 57-1 skillsaid Nov 4, 2024the article →
  • Close · 68Lakshya JainRace Margins2024 season

    given that we think Trump wins Ohio by 8 again

    a naive guess scored 68.2-0.3 skillsaid Nov 4, 2024the article →
  • Hit · 92Steve DeaceRace Margins2024 season

    to me, that that still looks like a three to five six point victory in Georgia to me. ... I don't know how she's gonna win Georgia.

    a naive guess scored 75.8+16.1 skillsaid Nov 4, 2024the article →
  • Close · 48Bob Vander PlaatsRace Margins2024 season

    where things were at in Iowa the way I thought that, you know, Trump should win between somewhere between five and eight or eight and ten points, the state of Iowa

    a naive guess scored 49.9-2 skillsaid Nov 4, 2024the article →
  • PendingBob Vander PlaatsRace Margins2024 season

    I still believe at the end of the day, Trump is gonna knock on the door of winning the popular vote, which will be the first Republican who's done that in quite a while, and I believe he's a knock on the door of 300 electoral college votes.

    Waiting on the season to settle this.said Nov 4, 2024the article →
  • Miss · 0Krystal BallRace Margins2024 season

    This dude running for governor, Mark Robinson on the Republican side, is probably gonna lose, but definitely double digits, maybe fifteen, maybe twenty.

    a naive guess scored 0+0 skillsaid Nov 4, 2024the article →
  • Close · 59Saagar EnjetiRace Margins2024 season

    I've got at the top line, Donald Trump winning the election with two hundred and seventy one electoral votes, literally just one over what he needs to win two hundred and sixty seven there for Kamala Harris.

    a naive guess scored 57+2 skillsaid Nov 4, 2024the article →
  • Hit · 88Spencer KimballRace Margins2024 season

    It's probably leaning to Trump by about one to two points, but that's gonna be a lot to overcome considering the situation.

    a naive guess scored 81.4+6.5 skillsaid Nov 3, 2024the article →

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US Elections — race margins (38 graded)

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