Professor who predicted Trump win: ‘Nobody would talk to me’

Published April 18, 2017 4:22pm ET



A professor who predicted Donald Trump’s victory in the 2016 presidential election detailed on Tuesday the treatment he received from peers after correctly forecasting the results.

Allan Lichtman, distinguished professor of history at American University, was one of the only prominent figures last fall to accurately predict Hillary Clinton would lose to Donald Trump in the presidential election.

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