Allan Lichtman
American historian
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| 2024 | Lichtman produced a video with The New York Times reenacting running at a masters athletics meet while explaining his U.S. presidential prediction methodology. |
| November 6 2024 | Lichtman explained his failed prediction, citing Harris's debate performance, Democratic Party planning issues, and social media disinformation as factors. |
| November 6 2024 | Contrary to Lichtman's prediction, Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election, marking the first time Lichtman inaccurately predicted both the popular vote and the Electoral College outcome. |
| September 5 2024 | On September 5, 2024, Lichtman predicted that Kamala Harris would win the presidential election after she received the Democratic presidential nomination. |
| August 2024 | Kamala Harris is given the Democratic presidential nomination following Biden's withdrawal. |
| July 21 2024 | Joe Biden announces his withdrawal from the presidential race while pledging to serve the remainder of his term. |
| 2021 | 'Thirteen Cracks: Repairing American Democracy after Trump' was published by Rowman & Littlefield. |
| 2020 | Lichtman accurately predicted the outcome of the presidential election, continuing his streak of predictions based on the Keys to the White House system. |
| 2020 | Lichtman published 'Repeal the Second Amendment', arguing that the repeal is necessary to address the U.S. gun violence epidemic. |
| February 5 2020 | Observed the Senate acquittal of Donald Trump following the impeachment proceedings. |
| December 18 2019 | The House of Representatives impeached Donald Trump; Lichtman's earlier predictions about impeachment were fulfilled. |
| 2018 | He published 'The Embattled Vote in America: From the Founding to the Present' with Harvard University Press. |
| 2017 | Lichtman authored the book The Case for Impeachment, presenting multiple arguments for the impeachment of Donald Trump. |
| September 2016 | In September 2016, Lichtman predicted a win for Republican nominee Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, a prediction that was later credited as correct by the media despite Trump losing the popular vote. |
| 2013 | Lichtman was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for 'FDR and the Jews,' co-authored with Richard Breitman. |
| 2013 | Lichtman, along with Richard Breitman, authored the book 'FDR and the Jews', which earned them the National Jewish Book Award for its portrayal of Franklin D. Roosevelt's efforts to assist Jews during World War II. |
| October 2012 | The Washington Post reported that Allan Lichtman was still paying off a mortgage he took out to help fund his 2006 Senate campaign. |
| 2011 | Allan Lichtman was named Distinguished Professor of History at American University. |
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