Posted on 11/06/2024 10:51:01 AM PST by bitt
An American political historian known as the “Nostradamus” of elections was seemingly at a loss for words early Wednesday when he realized his prediction — that Kamala Harris would win the presidential election — was wrong.
Allen Lichtman, who has correctly predicted the outcome of nine of the 10 elections since 1984, was captured on a livestream repeatedly saying “I don’t get it” as Donald Trump’s landslide victory started to become evident.
The 77-year-old professor and his son, Sam, shared their stunned reactions in real time as the results rolled in toward the end of their nearly six-hour coverage of the election.
“This is the first moment of the night where I’ve lost hope a little bit,” Sam Lichtman said as media outlets called Pennsylvania for Trump.
The elder Lichtman rubbed his eyes, visibly frustrated by the data, and said: “Good thing I have nothing to do tomorrow. And I’m not doing any interviews.”
The prof is the co-creator of the “Keys to the White House” metric, which entails 13 categories assessing the prospects of the two major-party candidates. This year, according to Lichtman, Harris had the edge in eight of those metrics, compared to Trump’s three.
As the livestream neared its end, with both Lichtmans growing noticeably frustrated by the numbers showing Trump ahead in all seven swing states, Allan Lichtman said there was “nothing positive” for Harris in the data.
“Oh, the democracy’s gone,” a defeated-sounding Lichtman said. “Once democracy’s gone, it’s almost impossible to recover. The way to recover is by the dictators losing wars.”
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Nostradumbass.
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“The way to recover is by the dictators losing wars.”
Interesting way to suggest that maybe it is now time for a non-peaceful power transition. It may be wise for us to keep in mind all the military aged men that have ‘invaded’ our country.
It may be a good thing to budget for more ammo.
Being a smug, elitist, arrogant a-hole is no way to go through life. But humility is not something this man has. Well, we’re done with him for another 4 years.
Nostradumbass
(Boldly stolen)
“He’s kinda unusual lookin’.”
/fargo
Lichtman is a sad example of the morons teaching in our universities***
You have nailed it! I know next to nothing about the guy but when I read the above statement I immediately saw a pompous self centered lightweight educated beyond his own intellectual capacity!
Obviously the intellectual Left has constructed their own model of what 'democracy' could be and only a ten year old child or Karl Marx could possibly understand it. ⤵🚮
Whatever else happens, don't ask this puff adder what a 'democracy' is... you just won't have the time for his answer. 🎃
And he’s not a biologist I’m sure.
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