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A couple of months ago, we tried to do two things, in the same item. First was to solicit predictions for 2025. Second was to gather submissions for our (hopefully) annual "state of the site" report. The response, compared to past years, was pretty anemic. We assumed, back in January, that the primary reasons for that were shell-shock and an uncertain future.
But now, we think the dust has settled enough that it's worth it to give it another shot. So, when it comes to predictions, we are looking for ideas in any or all of these categories: the Democrats, Donald Trump/the Republicans, Elections and Officeholders, Economy and Finance, Congress, Foreign Affairs and Wildcard. Please send them to comments@electoral-vote.com, ideally with subject line "2025 Prediction" (or "2025 Predictions"). Remember, the plan is to review them in late December, so they should be things that can be evaluated by then. "The Democrats will nominate Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) as their 2028 presidential candidate," for example, is a perfectly good prediction, but not one that can be evaluated by December of this year. In contrast, "The Dow Jones index will be 30,000 (or 50,000) on Dec. 1," is testable. So is: "At least three cabinet officials will have resigned or been fired by Dec. 1."
Moving along, we also still want to look at a pair of questions we asked last year:
If you would like to see the results those questions generated last year, here is the "Bad Job" rundown, and here is the "Good Job" rundown. As you will see, if you look back, some of the comments were general things we are doing right/wrong, as opposed to being about a specific item. That's fine, of course. Also, it's fair to consider anything we've written this year as part of the discussion.
We look forward to your responses. Please do remember to include your initials and city. Oh, and next week, we're going to move even more stuff from the back burner to the front burner. (V & Z)