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November Surprises

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Trial Balloon · Ep. 192: November Surprises

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Two Models Predict Trump Will Reach 1,237

April 22, 2016 · 4:26 pm ET · 23 Comments

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Sam Wang presents two independent methods for estimating the results of the remaining Republican primaries without relying on either demographics or polls. The first is a border-county analysis and the second relies on Google Correlate.

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