Podcast: Does Trump still have a chance in November?

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By Michael Knox

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Chief Economist and Director of Strategy

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24 September 2020, 9:16 AM

"Our model tells us that on this occasion President Trump should be victorious over Biden by a margin of 5.76% of the popular vote. The predictive margin is 1.26 standard errors away from random. President Trump therefore has an 89.6% chance of being re-elected."

​Listen to my podcast to find out where this data comes from. I also outline the stats prior to when Barack Obama was re-elected:

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