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Analysis: President Trump Holds 2020 Advantage

Several days ago, the front page of POLITICO, reliably a left-leaning journal, was graced by a surprising banner: " How Trump is on track for a 2020 landslide ." The article focused on economic models, including one from Yale that has President Donald Trump winning 54% of the popular vote. Another, from TrendMacrolytics, predicts a 416-122 Electoral College win for the president (the final count in 2016 was 304-227). While FDL Review prefers to use titlecase for headlines, we appreciate POLITICO's sobriety. It is obvious that their journalists have learned the lessons of the 2016 election, when the pollsters and the commentariat were  measuring Secretary Hillary Clinton's White House drapes . President Donald Trump Of course, Clinton was vanquished by Donald Trump in an upset surprising to everyone except those who had examined the fundamental indicators: weak economic data, widespread despair, and a willingness to drastically change the culture of Washingt...