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Four of History's Worst Political Predictions
« on: November 12, 2016, 07:56:07 pm »
Becky Little
National Geographic
November 7, 2016

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It certainly has been a year of unpredictable elections.

This summer, the United Kingdom shocked the world with its vote to leave the European Union (aka "Brexit"). And on Tuesday, the United States elected Donald Trump as its president, which many leading election predictors did not foresee.

This isn't the first time that politicians, journalists, and pollsters have gotten it wrong. Here are some of the worst political predictions in history.
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