Rhode Island: Crosstab model shows Clinton in the lead

The Crosstab model is included in the econometric models component of the PollyVote. It currently predicts a two-party vote share of 57.8% for Clinton, and 42.2% for Trump in Rhode Island. In comparison, on October 25 Trump was predicted to win 41.6% of the vote.

Putting the results in context

In general, however, you should not have too much faith in the results of single models, because they can contain large errors. At least, one should check how a model's results compare to benchmark forecasts.

Comparison to the combined PollyVote

The current PollyVote expects Clinton to gain 61.5% of the two-party vote in Rhode Island. PollyVote currently predicts Clinton to gain 3.7 percentage points more compared to the results of the Crosstab model.

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