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Race Winners

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
631
Graded
462

73% settled

Average accuracy
76.6

out of 100

Pundits
105

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
354 scored 80+108 scored under 40

Settled or waiting

462 / 631

graded

169 still pending

By season

  • 2024462 of 464 graded
  • 20260 of 167 graded

Who is good at race winners

MissedTakes score for this kind of prediction only — accuracy measured against what a naive guess would have scored. Zero means no better than guessing.

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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The same record pooled across everyone writing under one banner.

Every race winners take

626–631 of 631

  • Hit · 100David PakmanRace Winners2024 season

    It's the 2020 map with probably Georgia flipped to Trump.

    a naive guess scored 0+102 skillsaid Oct 22, 2024the article →
  • Miss · 0David PakmanRace Winners2024 season

    If if you said, David, give me the most likely outcome today. It's a map. It's the 2020 map with probably Georgia flipped to Trump. Likely Arizona flipped to Trump... Harris still wins in that scenario, but with a smaller margin than Biden

    a naive guess scored 0+0 skillsaid Oct 22, 2024the article →
  • Hit · 100David PakmanRace Winners2024 season

    Even if Trump does get New Hampshire, which he probably won't

    a naive guess scored 100+0 skillsaid Oct 22, 2024the article →
  • Miss · 0David PakmanRace Winners2024 season

    In Pennsylvania, Trump is leading by less than one. He's leading, but by less than one. I'm certainly not ready to flip it.

    a naive guess scored 0+0 skillsaid Oct 22, 2024the article →
  • Hit · 100David PakmanRace Winners2024 season

    Likely Arizona flipped to Trump

    a naive guess scored 0+102 skillsaid Oct 22, 2024the article →
  • Hit · 100David NirRace Winners2024 season

    Fellow Republican Troy Downing, who is running this year, is also airing a similar commercial attacking CI-126 in Montana's 2nd District, a dark red seat where he's on a glide path to victory.

    a naive guess scored 100+0 skillsaid Oct 22, 2024the article →

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US Elections — race winners (462 graded)

Topics we cover today: NFL, US Elections. Every kind of prediction belongs to one of them; this page sits above the topic so that adding another does not mean rewriting every link.