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What Are Clinton’s Chances?

August 3, 2016By Taegan Goddard0 Comments

Here are the latest forecasts showing Hillary Clinton’s chance of winning the presidential election:

  • FiveThirtyEight: 70%
  • Sam Wang: 80%
  • The Upshot: 74%
  • PredictWise: 78%
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