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How to (accurately) predict a presidential election

In all presidential elections since 1984, American University history Professor Allan Lichtman has correctly predicted the outcome based on his own system. It consists of 13 true/false statements that measure whether the incumbent party will retain or lose the White House. He joined Alison Stewart by Skype from Doha, Qatar.

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