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Originally Posted by Uh*Oh
Yep. And I'm surprised no one has mentioned the Western Illinois University's mock election that has correctly predicted every single presidential winner for the last forty years. Here's this year's results
"WIU recently held their traditional mock election. It is an incredibly intricate and organized event starting with primary and caucuses and finishing up with a mock general election.
Dr. Rick Hardy and Dr. John Hemingway have been leading Mock Presidential Elections since 1975. During that time, students who have participated in these mock elections have chosen the winning party with 100% accuracy and have an astonishing record in selecting presidential winners.
On the Democratic side for the Primaries Sanders won by close to a 2 to 1 margin over challenger Hillary Clinton..."
He won the mock presidential race too.
Western Illinois University's mock election predicted a landslide victory for Democratic candidate Bernie Sanders, with running mate Martin O'Malley, in 2016. The predicted Sanders-O'Malley ticket garnered 404 electoral votes to Jeb Bush-Marco Rubio's 114 votes. In the popular vote, Sanders earned 741 votes (49 percent) to Bush's 577 (38 percent).
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The election was conducted over 10 sessions on the Macomb campus between Oct. 20 and Nov. 2 [2015], and thousands of students at the university participated.
On their
website they state:
The Road to the White House starts at Western Illinois University…
Dr. Rick Hardy and Dr. John Hemingway have been leading Mock Presidential Elections off and on since 1975 (at Iowa, Missouri and Western Illinois University). During that time, students who have participated in these mock elections have
chosen the winning party with 100% accuracy and have an astonishing record in selecting presidential winners. The Mock Presidential Election is intended as a civic exercise to encourage students to learn about the electoral process. It is not a scientific experiment! Results are merely the result of a simulated political process and represent a snapshot of students’ thinking at one point in time. It is as simple and as complicated as that.
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Last edited by sba9630; 03-01-2016 at 05:42 PM.
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