Jerome model in Mississippi: Trump is in the lead
The Jerome model enters the econometric models component of the PollyVote forecast. The model currently forecasts a major vote share of 46.2% for Clinton, and 53.8% for Trump in Mississippi. In comparison, on August 16 Trump was predicted to gain 0.0% of the vote.
Putting the results in context
Single models should be regarded with caution, because they may contain large biases. Rather than relying on results from single models, the best practice scientific advice is to use combined models or, even better, a combined forecast that includes forecasts from different methods, each of which includes different data.
Comparison to the combined PollyVote
The current PollyVote predicts Trump to gain 56.7% of the two-party vote in Mississippi. The results of the Jerome model for Trump are thus 2.9 percentage points below the combined PollyVote in Mississippi.