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<\/a><\/p>\nby Joe Hoft
\nThe Gateway Pundit<\/p>\n
As the Presidential election of 2016 approached, we made a prediction on the election.\u00a0 We predicted a huge Trump victory.\u00a0 We were right.\u00a0 Today we are announcing our prediction on the 2018 mid-term election.\u00a0 We are confident with our prediction.<\/strong><\/h3>\nElection 2016<\/strong><\/h3>\nAs November 8th<\/sup>, 2016 approached,\u00a0we predicted<\/a>\u00a0a Trump victory.\u00a0 We based our prediction on analysis and observations and we were correct.\u00a0 We beat all of the #NeverTrump naysayers and liberal media hacks.<\/p>\nWe started our 2016 Presidential Election prediction with a reminder on our earlier predictions from the primaries.\u00a0 On April 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0of 2016 we predicted that\u00a0Ted Cruz would be mathematically eliminated<\/a>\u00a0from the Republican race for President on April 27th<\/sup>\u00a0because on that day he would need more delegates than would be available. We also predicted that on April 27th<\/sup>\u00a0Donald Trump would accumulate 943 delegates which would put him well on track to win the Republican nomination.<\/p>\nApril 27th<\/sup>\u00a0came and\u00a0Ted Cruz was eliminated<\/a>\u00a0and Trump had amassed 944 delegates (which later was updated to 950 delegates).\u00a0We were 100% correct and our reporting made the headlines at the Drudge report!<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/eliminated-cruz-600x544.jpg\")
<\/strong><\/p>\nWe based our prediction on the 2016 Presidential campaign on various analysis and observations.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n
Trump won big in the 2016 primaries<\/strong><\/p>\nIn 2016\u00a0Republicans crushed their previous record<\/a>\u00a0in the primaries for number of votes by 150% . Their old record was 20 million and this year 31 million voted in the primaries.\u00a0 The Democrats on the other hand had 7 million votes less than their record year in 2008 with 30 million compared to 37 million in 2008. Donald Trump also SHATTERED the GOP primary record\u00a0by 1.4 million votes<\/a>\u00a0in a field of 17 candidates.<\/p>\nMany of the 2016 polls were biased<\/strong><\/p>\nIn late October 2016 a number of polls showed Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by various margins. One poll reported by NBC\/WSJ showed Hillary ahead by 11. However, it was never pointed out that the poll was\u00a0created by a Hillary Super PAC<\/a>.<\/p>\nAlso, it\u2019s also well known that\u00a0the widely reported Monmouth University poll was run by a Hillary Huckster<\/a>who was caught manipulating the poll and then lied about it.<\/p>\nRealclearpolitics.com<\/a>\u00a0took an average of these distorted polls to come up with their analysis of the 2016 race. Their efforts were a great example of the phrase \u2013 \u2018garbage in \u2013 garbage out\u2019.<\/strong><\/h3>\nMany if not all of the polls included samples that were\u00a0heavily skewed towards Democrats<\/a>\u00a0or women.\u00a0WikiLeaks released Clinton emails<\/a>\u00a0showing the Democrat Party efforts to work with pollsters to corrupt the polls and discourage Trump supporters.<\/p>\nRallies Showed Massive Excitement for Trump and None for Hillary<\/strong><\/p>\nWe kept track of the number of participants at both Trump and Hillary rallies after the conventions in July 2016. Since August 1st<\/sup>Trump crushed Hillary in these events<\/a>. Trump rallies accumulated more than 710,000 in August through October\u00a0while Hillary\u2019s only\u00a060,000. These numbers were so huge they could not be ignored!<\/p>\nSocial Media<\/strong><\/p>\nSocial media numbers for Trump heavily outpace Clinton.<\/p>\n
The Bernie Factor<\/strong><\/p>\nAsk any Democrat who supported Bernie Sanders whether they would vote for Hillary. The answer was \u2018no\u2019. A significant number of Bernie fans hated Hillary Clinton for the super delegates she was awarded to steal the election.\u00a0 Voters also questioned her for suspect primary wins and the WikiLeaks emails revealed how\u00a0\u00a0she slammed Bernie and cheated at every turn.<\/strong>\u00a0The Bernie people knew that the media was biased.<\/p>\nLawn Signs<\/strong><\/p>\nFinally, we suggested that people look around. Everywhere you went you saw Trump signs. However, you could drive for miles and see no Hillary signs. The excitement for Hillary was just not there.<\/p>\n
WE NAILED IT!\u00a0 Candidate Donald J. Trump won the election in an electoral landslide.<\/strong><\/p>\nElection 2018<\/strong><\/h3>\nHere is our prediction for the mid-terms:\u00a0\u00a0Republicans will pick up at least 5 and possibly 6 or 7 or more seats in the Senate and Republicans will maintain leadership in the House.\u00a0 Below is our support for this prediction.<\/strong><\/p>\nSocial Media Data is No Longer Accurate or Transparent<\/strong><\/p>\nWe can no longer use social media as an indication for who will win the mid-term election or any election going forward.\u00a0 Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google have all made significant efforts to curtail and\u00a0 eliminate conservative content and publishers.\u00a0 Posts and articles shared on social media are no longer going viral due to liberal bias by the tech giants.<\/p>\n
Last week \u2014\u00a0 Jim Hoft, The Gateway Pundit Founder,\u00a0spoke to Congress<\/a>\u00a0about the elimination of conservative content by Facebook.<\/p>\nHoft provided evidence that Facebook eliminated 93% of combined referral traffic to top conservative websites from January 2017 to May 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.thegatewaypundit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/jim-hoft-testimony--600x416.jpg\")
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Because of this we now are forced to use other observations and data sources to support our prediction.<\/p>\n
Polls are Still Flawed<\/strong><\/p>\nAs noted above, the 2016 polls were not accurate and this has not changed.\u00a0 Democrats continue to try and manipulate people through polls.\u00a0 They just don\u2019t get it that Americans can now, thanks to President Trump, see through the liberal antics.\u00a0 The polls for this year\u2019s election are local and are even more skewed due to smaller population sizes.\u00a0 We base very little credence on the polls except in cases when the Republicans are in the lead.\u00a0 In these cases it is highly likely that the Republican will win due to the polls already being skewed towards the left.<\/p>\n
Historical House Changes Skewed by Clinton and Obama<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Mainstream Media (MSM) has been harping for months that there is going to be a \u201cblue wave\u201d this year because this is the pattern after a President and his Party win a national election and the House.\u00a0 However, this is not the total truth.<\/p>\n
According to one report<\/a>, Republicans do much better than Democrats in the midterm elections\u00a0in this scenario\u00a0<\/strong>going back to WWII \u2013<\/p>\nOn average, Democrat presidents lose 35.2 seats in the House. Republican presidents only lose 11.2 seats in the House in their first midterm on average. Again, this is every president since WWII, so this is a very extensive analysis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
If this average holds true, the Republicans will hold the House.\u00a0 But we expect that the results of the midterms for the House will be much better based on the items below.<\/p>\n
Trump Rallies Show More Excitement than Ever Before!<\/strong><\/p>\nPresident Trump continues to hold rallies and they are bigger than ever!\u00a0 On Monday at his rally in Tennessee the crowd\u00a0was massive.<\/a>\u00a0 Thousands waited to get in the rally five and a half hours before the rally started.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013<\/p>\n
As November 8th<\/sup>, 2016 approached,\u00a0we predicted<\/a>\u00a0a Trump victory.\u00a0 We based our prediction on analysis and observations and we were correct.\u00a0 We beat all of the #NeverTrump naysayers and liberal media hacks.<\/p>\n We started our 2016 Presidential Election prediction with a reminder on our earlier predictions from the primaries.\u00a0 On April 2nd<\/sup>\u00a0of 2016 we predicted that\u00a0Ted Cruz would be mathematically eliminated<\/a>\u00a0from the Republican race for President on April 27th<\/sup>\u00a0because on that day he would need more delegates than would be available. We also predicted that on April 27th<\/sup>\u00a0Donald Trump would accumulate 943 delegates which would put him well on track to win the Republican nomination.<\/p>\n April 27th<\/sup>\u00a0came and\u00a0Ted Cruz was eliminated<\/a>\u00a0and Trump had amassed 944 delegates (which later was updated to 950 delegates).\u00a0We were 100% correct and our reporting made the headlines at the Drudge report!<\/strong><\/p>\n We based our prediction on the 2016 Presidential campaign on various analysis and observations.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trump won big in the 2016 primaries<\/strong><\/p>\n In 2016\u00a0Republicans crushed their previous record<\/a>\u00a0in the primaries for number of votes by 150% . Their old record was 20 million and this year 31 million voted in the primaries.\u00a0 The Democrats on the other hand had 7 million votes less than their record year in 2008 with 30 million compared to 37 million in 2008. Donald Trump also SHATTERED the GOP primary record\u00a0by 1.4 million votes<\/a>\u00a0in a field of 17 candidates.<\/p>\n Many of the 2016 polls were biased<\/strong><\/p>\n In late October 2016 a number of polls showed Hillary Clinton leading Donald Trump by various margins. One poll reported by NBC\/WSJ showed Hillary ahead by 11. However, it was never pointed out that the poll was\u00a0created by a Hillary Super PAC<\/a>.<\/p>\n Also, it\u2019s also well known that\u00a0the widely reported Monmouth University poll was run by a Hillary Huckster<\/a>who was caught manipulating the poll and then lied about it.<\/p>\n Many if not all of the polls included samples that were\u00a0heavily skewed towards Democrats<\/a>\u00a0or women.\u00a0WikiLeaks released Clinton emails<\/a>\u00a0showing the Democrat Party efforts to work with pollsters to corrupt the polls and discourage Trump supporters.<\/p>\n Rallies Showed Massive Excitement for Trump and None for Hillary<\/strong><\/p>\n We kept track of the number of participants at both Trump and Hillary rallies after the conventions in July 2016. Since August 1st<\/sup>Trump crushed Hillary in these events<\/a>. Trump rallies accumulated more than 710,000 in August through October\u00a0while Hillary\u2019s only\u00a060,000. These numbers were so huge they could not be ignored!<\/p>\n Social Media<\/strong><\/p>\n Social media numbers for Trump heavily outpace Clinton.<\/p>\n The Bernie Factor<\/strong><\/p>\n Ask any Democrat who supported Bernie Sanders whether they would vote for Hillary. The answer was \u2018no\u2019. A significant number of Bernie fans hated Hillary Clinton for the super delegates she was awarded to steal the election.\u00a0 Voters also questioned her for suspect primary wins and the WikiLeaks emails revealed how\u00a0\u00a0she slammed Bernie and cheated at every turn.<\/strong>\u00a0The Bernie people knew that the media was biased.<\/p>\n Lawn Signs<\/strong><\/p>\n Finally, we suggested that people look around. Everywhere you went you saw Trump signs. However, you could drive for miles and see no Hillary signs. The excitement for Hillary was just not there.<\/p>\n WE NAILED IT!\u00a0 Candidate Donald J. Trump won the election in an electoral landslide.<\/strong><\/p>\n Here is our prediction for the mid-terms:\u00a0\u00a0Republicans will pick up at least 5 and possibly 6 or 7 or more seats in the Senate and Republicans will maintain leadership in the House.\u00a0 Below is our support for this prediction.<\/strong><\/p>\n Social Media Data is No Longer Accurate or Transparent<\/strong><\/p>\n We can no longer use social media as an indication for who will win the mid-term election or any election going forward.\u00a0 Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Google have all made significant efforts to curtail and\u00a0 eliminate conservative content and publishers.\u00a0 Posts and articles shared on social media are no longer going viral due to liberal bias by the tech giants.<\/p>\n Last week \u2014\u00a0 Jim Hoft, The Gateway Pundit Founder,\u00a0spoke to Congress<\/a>\u00a0about the elimination of conservative content by Facebook.<\/p>\n Hoft provided evidence that Facebook eliminated 93% of combined referral traffic to top conservative websites from January 2017 to May 2018.<\/strong><\/p>\n Because of this we now are forced to use other observations and data sources to support our prediction.<\/p>\n Polls are Still Flawed<\/strong><\/p>\n As noted above, the 2016 polls were not accurate and this has not changed.\u00a0 Democrats continue to try and manipulate people through polls.\u00a0 They just don\u2019t get it that Americans can now, thanks to President Trump, see through the liberal antics.\u00a0 The polls for this year\u2019s election are local and are even more skewed due to smaller population sizes.\u00a0 We base very little credence on the polls except in cases when the Republicans are in the lead.\u00a0 In these cases it is highly likely that the Republican will win due to the polls already being skewed towards the left.<\/p>\n Historical House Changes Skewed by Clinton and Obama<\/strong><\/p>\n The Mainstream Media (MSM) has been harping for months that there is going to be a \u201cblue wave\u201d this year because this is the pattern after a President and his Party win a national election and the House.\u00a0 However, this is not the total truth.<\/p>\n According to one report<\/a>, Republicans do much better than Democrats in the midterm elections\u00a0in this scenario\u00a0<\/strong>going back to WWII \u2013<\/p>\n On average, Democrat presidents lose 35.2 seats in the House. Republican presidents only lose 11.2 seats in the House in their first midterm on average. Again, this is every president since WWII, so this is a very extensive analysis.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n If this average holds true, the Republicans will hold the House.\u00a0 But we expect that the results of the midterms for the House will be much better based on the items below.<\/p>\n Trump Rallies Show More Excitement than Ever Before!<\/strong><\/p>\n President Trump continues to hold rallies and they are bigger than ever!\u00a0 On Monday at his rally in Tennessee the crowd\u00a0was massive.<\/a>\u00a0 Thousands waited to get in the rally five and a half hours before the rally started.<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013<\/p>\n<\/strong><\/p>\nRealclearpolitics.com<\/a>\u00a0took an average of these distorted polls to come up with their analysis of the 2016 race. Their efforts were a great example of the phrase \u2013 \u2018garbage in \u2013 garbage out\u2019.<\/strong><\/h3>\n
Election 2018<\/strong><\/h3>\n
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