Louisiana: DeSart model shows Trump in the lead

The DeSart model is part of the econometric models component of the combined PollyVote forecast. The model expects that Clinton will achieve 38.4% of the two-party vote share in Louisiana, whereas Trump will win 61.6%.

Putting the results in context

Single econometric models should be regarded with caution, since they can include large errors. At the very least, one should check how a econometric model's results compare to benchmark forecasts.

The DeSart model compared with PollyVote's prediction

Clinton has 3.9 percentage points less and Trump has 3.9 percentage points more when the results of the econometric model are compared to the combined PollyVote forecast for Louisiana.

This article was automatically generated by the PollyBot, which uses algorithms developed by AX Semantics to generate text from data stored in our API. The exact dataset underlying this particular article can be found here.

Please let us know if you find any typos, missing words, or grammatical errors. Your feedback helps us to further improve the quality of the texts.