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Who could have accurately predicted what we experienced in 2020?

We're looking back at some of the most audacious, confident and spectacularly incorrect prognostications about the year we just lived through. politico.com/news/magazine/…

In July, Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell predicted Kanye West’s run for president would destroy Biden’s chances by siphoning off black support.

In the end, Yeezy received roughly 68,000 total votes. Biden received more than 81 million. politi.co/34MMfwX

Ahead of Election Day, veteran Democratic strategist James Carville predicted we’d know who won the presidency by 10 p.m. on election night.

It wasn’t until four days later that major media outlets declared Joe Biden the winner. politi.co/34MMfwX

Less than 2 hours after the AP called the race, Mick Mulvaney declared Trump would concede “gracefully” if he lost.

But even after the Electoral College cast its votes and states certified their results, Trump is still trying to overturn the election. politi.co/34MMfwX

Constitutional scholar Richard Epstein boldly predicted in March that Covid-19 would take the lives of just 500 Americans.

As of late December, more than 333,000 Americans have died from Covid-19. politi.co/34MMfwX

Less than three months before Election Day, Fox News’ Jesse Watters predicted 2020 would be a “low-turnout election.”

In fact, 2020 had the highest voter turnout in 120 years, with 2/3 of eligible voters casting ballots. politi.co/34MMfwX

This year was impossible to predict. But that doesn’t mean people didn’t try.

Read our annual recap of the year’s worst predictions 👇
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