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‘Nostradamus’ of US election gives new prediction with less than a week to go

Historian and American University professor Allan Lichtman in early September predicted that Vice President Kamala Harris will win the election (Picture: Getty Images)

The so-called Nostradamus of US elections has refreshed his prediction on whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump will win with Election Day a week away.

Historian Allan Lichtman, who has correctly called nine of the 10 presidential elections in the last four decades, in early September said Harris will emerge victorious.

On Tuesday, Lichtman took to YouTube to share his latest forecast.

‘The keys have not changed,’ he said.

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‘I just want to stress the prediction remains unchanged for Harris.’

Lichtman said he deliberately came out with his pick before the Harris-Trump debate on September 10 which was expected to be ‘pivotal’.

‘I wanted to make clear the message of the keys, it’s governing not campaigning,’ said the American University professor.

‘I’ve been asked continuously, have things changed? The answer is no.’

Historian and American University professor Allan Lichtman has correctly predicted nine of the last 10 presidential elections (Picture: Getty Images)

Lichtman bases his prediction on 13 keys to the White House that are determined not by polls and pundits, but by true-false answers to the performance of the political party in power.

The keys which he devised with a Russian academic in 1981 are: Midterm gains, incumbency, primary contest, third party, short-term economy, long-term economy, policy change, social unrest, White House scandal, incumbent charisma, challenger charisma, foreign policy failure and foreign policy success.

Lichtman had just three false keys for Harris – midterm gains, incumbency and incumbent charisma. She would need six false keys for Trump to win, according to the model.

The historian reiterated that ‘the biggest myth in American politics is the October surprise’, underscoring that he would not change his prediction.

Democratic presidential nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris greets supporters before speaking at a campaign rally at the Walnut Creek Amphitheater on October 30 in Raleigh, North Carolina (Picture: Getty Images)

Lichtman’s unchanging prediction runs counter to the latest forecasts by a top polling guru and the world’s leading economist.

A week ago, statistician and FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver wrote that ‘my gut says Donald Trump’ and ‘my guess is that it is true for many anxious Democrats’. He noted, though, that with polling within one or two percentage points, ’50-50 is the only responsible forecast’ and ‘I don’t think you should put any value whatsoever on anyone’s gut – including mine’.

And on Monday, Christophe Barraud, who has been called the world’s most accurate economist, said the most probable outcome was a Trump victory with Republicans also taking the Senate and House.

Lichtman in a new insight said ‘there is more election anxiety than I’ve ever seen’, even dating back to 1960 when John F Kennedy beat Richard Nixon in one of the closest elections in American history.

Former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump dances on stage after speaking at a campaign rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on October 30 (Photo by (Picture: Getty Images)

‘I’ve never seen this kind of election anxiety because a lot of people feel the future of the country is on the line here, that democracy in America could be a thing of the past,’ Lichtman said.

‘I’ve been doing this for 42 years and every four years I have butterflies in my stomach. This year, I think I have a flock of crows in my stomach… Anxious because I’m so worried about the future.’

Lichtman added that he was among 250,000 people who canceled their subscriptions to The Washington Post after the newspaper, owned by billionaire and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, last week would not make an endorsement in the race. The Post’s editorial board reportedly drafted an endorsement for Harris before Bezos allegedly quashed it.

Election anxiety across the US has reached fever pitch. On Sunday, Trump’s massive Madison Square Garden rally in New York City in which he continued to hurl insults was followed by Puerto Rican rapper Bad Bunny endorsing Harris.

Public figures continued to take sides on Wednesday, with former Republican California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger endorsing Harris, and American former astronaut Buzz Aldrin making a pitch for Trump.

Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@metro.co.uk.

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