DeSart & Holbrook model in Michigan: Clinton is in the lead
The DeSart & Holbrook model is part of the econometric models component of the combined PollyVote. According to the model, Clinton will collect 56.6% of the two-party vote share in Michigan, whereas Trump will end up with 43.4%. In comparison, on October 22 Trump was still predicted to collect 44.0% of the vote.
Putting the results in context
As any other method, models are subject to bias. Hence, a good strategy is to not be too confident the results of an individual econometric model. Instead of relying on results from single models, the evidence-based approach is to look at combined models or, even better, a combined forecast that includes different methods and data.
The DeSart & Holbrook model compared with PollyVote's prediction
The latest PollyVote expects Clinton to gain 54.1% of the two-party vote in Michigan. The results of the DeSart & Holbrook model for Clinton are thus 2.5 percentage points above the combined PollyVote in Michigan.