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Nate Silver's 2016 Presidential Election Forecast
Nate Silver, a statistician and the founder and editor in chief of ESPN's FiveThirtyEight, discusses his first forecast for the 2016 presidential election.
Trump chances of Making America Great Again are currently 22%, up a tick from 20%. https://t.co/WLXtJovjYdpic.twitter.com/r9BmujztYs
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) July 1, 2016Clinton's running a bit ahead of Obama '12 in swing states, although with some exceptions. Same in national polls. pic.twitter.com/i6Hk2yl9VE
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) July 5, 2016This is interesting, though. Trump's only winning *red* states by 7 points, whereas Romney won them by 16. pic.twitter.com/rx41gnot8K
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) July 5, 2016