Rothschild model: Clinton tied with Trump in Idaho
The Rothschild model released an updated forecast of the election outcome. According to this model, Clinton and Trump will each gain 50% of the two-party vote.
Putting the results in context
As any other method, econometric models are subject to bias. Thus, as a general rule, you should not have too much confidence in the results of a single econometric model. At the very least, one should examine how a econometric model's results compare to benchmark forecasts.
Results in comparison to other econometric models
When compared to the average results of other econometric models Clinton performed worse with 68.8 percentage points, while Trump did better with 68.8 percentage points.
Results compared to the combined PollyVote prediction
Clinton has 35.4 percentage points less and Trump has 35.4 percentage points less when the results of the econometric model are compared to the combined PollyVote forecast for Idaho.