Why was Lightman wrong?
According to The Guardian, Lightman admitted his mistake, but said he was “less concerned about the personal blow than he was about the blow to American democracy.” “
He said: “Even before the election, I said, ‘Look, if I’m wrong, the consequences for our society are much greater than the consequences for the keys.'”
He continued: “There has always been misinformation, but it has exploded to a level we have never seen before. most countries in the world, and what he did has led to misinformation.”
Reports indicate that Musk’s Super PAC spent around $200 million to elect Trump while the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has been working to boost partisan propaganda. right.
Musk was a prominent supporter of Trump, and has since been a regular at the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
“The misinformation that Musk is spreading has reportedly been viewed billions of times,” Lightman continues – making in this country.
This includes, according to Lightman, “misinformation about inflation, jobs, employment, the stock market, economic growth, the war in Ukraine, and undocumented immigrants, which are falsely perceived as dangerous killers when in fact they commit crimes at a much lower rate than native-born Americans.”
After Lightman made his 2024 prediction, he and his wife received serious threats, he said.
He said: “I’ve been doing this for 42 years and I’ve never experienced anything like this. I’ve never had to call the police before; now they’ve come this several times.”
He continued: “All I did was freedom of expression and yet I am open to this hatred and trying to break the security of my family, and this is consistent with what we have heard from Donald Trump , which always calls for violence as legitimate. , as well as dehumanizing those who… He doesn’t agree with them as scum.
With his misjudgment in 2024, Lightman does not excuse the loss to the Democrats and says: “Republicans have no principles, and Democrats have no courage.”
Lightman admits that the Trump-Musk axis “broke my predictive model this year,” but he plans to pick himself up and try again in 2028.
“I fully expect to change the keys based on what I see unfolding over the coming years,” he promises “The beauty of being a presidential forecaster is that you have 4 years to correct your course.”
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Lightman developed a scientific model consisting of 13 questions called Keys to the White House.
The most important of these keys depend on measures of economic growth, political transformations, social stability, and charisma.
Any candidate who gets 7 out of 13 answers to these questions has a definite win, according to Lightman.
According to these keys, Lightman suggested that Kamala Harris would win the presidential elections, in which Donald Trump won a landslide victory.
Why was Lightman wrong?
According to The Guardian, Lightman admitted his mistake, but said he was “less concerned about the personal blow than he was about the blow to American democracy. “
He said: “Even before the election, I said, ‘Look, if I’m wrong, the consequences for our society are much greater than the consequences for the keys.'”
He continued: “There has always been misinformation, but it has exploded to a level we have never seen before. most countries in the world, and what he did has led to misinformation.”
Reports indicate that Musk’s Super PAC spent around $200 million to elect Trump while the social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter, has been working to boost partisan propaganda. right.
Musk was a prominent supporter of Trump, and has since been a regular at the Mar-a-Lago club in Florida.
“The misinformation that Musk is spreading has reportedly been viewed billions of times,” Lightman continues – making in this country.
This includes, according to Lightman, “misinformation about inflation, jobs, employment, the stock market, economic growth, the war in Ukraine, and undocumented immigrants, which are falsely perceived as dangerous killers when in fact they commit crimes at a much lower rate than native-born Americans.”
After Lightman made his 2024 prediction, he and his wife received serious threats, he said.
He said: “I’ve been doing this for 42 years and I’ve never experienced anything like this. I’ve never had to call the police before; now they’ve come this several times.”
He continued: “All I did was freedom of expression and yet I am open to this hatred and trying to break the security of my family, and this is consistent with what we have heard from Donald Trump , which always calls for violence as legitimate. , as well as dehumanizing those who… He doesn’t agree with them as scum.
With his misjudgment in 2024, Lightman does not excuse the loss to the Democrats and says: “Republicans have no principles, and Democrats have no courage.”
Lightman admits that the Trump-Musk axis “broke my predictive model this year,” but he plans to pick himself up and try again in 2028.
“I fully expect to change the keys based on what I see unfolding over the coming years,” he promises “The beauty of being a presidential forecaster is that you have 4 years to correct your course.”
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2024-11-17 08:41:00