Article 6GFPB He’s correctly predicting the US’s most critical elections. He’s still in college

He’s correctly predicting the US’s most critical elections. He’s still in college

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Sam Levine in New York
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Charles Chaz' Nuttycombe, 24, is impressing analysts with his accurate forecasts of consequential state legislature elections

In the days after Democrats won control of Virginia's state legislature, Charles Chaz" Nuttycombe was focused on the results in house of delegates districts 41 and 82, both of which you've probably never heard of.

Neither of the competitive races would determine which party controlled the Virginia legislature, but it was one of a handful where votes were still being counted and the results too close to call. In the lead-up to election day, Nuttycombe, a 24-year-old senior at Virginia Tech, had predicted that the Republican candidates would win both. But his final forecast in Virginia gave Democrats a 61% chance of winning control of the house of delegates and a 71% chance of holding control in the state senate.

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