Rhode Island: DeSart & Holbrook model shows Clinton in the lead

The DeSart & Holbrook model is included in the econometric models component of the PollyVote forecast. The model currently forecasts a two-party vote share of 62.4% for Clinton, and 37.6% for Trump in Rhode Island.

Putting the results in context

As a general rule, however, you should not have too much faith in the results of single models, as they often incorporate large errors. At the very least, one should examine how a model's results compare to benchmark forecasts.

The DeSart & Holbrook model in comparison with PollyVote's forecast

The most recent PollyVote expects Clinton to gain 60.2% of the two-party vote in Rhode Island. PollyVote currently predicts Clinton to gain 2.2 percentage points less compared to the results of the DeSart & Holbrook model.

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