Allan Lichtman: The Political Prognosticator Par Excellence

Allan Lichtman, 70, doesn’t have a crystal ball, but he has something even better: a predictive system called The Keys to the White House, which he created with Russian seismologist Vladimir Keilis-Borok. The system seems to be working: Lichtman has correctly predicted the winner of every U.S. presidential election since 1984, with the exception of the 2000 Gore-Bush contest. (Whether he really predicted the outcome of the 2016 vote is a matter of some controversy.) Lichtman is an American political historian who teaches at American University in the nation’s capital.
 
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Watch Allan Lichtman (appearing on CBS News) explain why he predicted Donald Trump would win the 2016 election, his opinion of political polls and why he thinks President Trump will be impeached [8:55]. >>
 
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