Pundits, political insiders, and political junkies alike -- next election season, pay attention to these folks. Meet The Scrum's top five prognosticators. Not only did they all correctly predict the outcomes of the races (Mass. Governor, Attorney General, 6th District, Secretary of State, Treasurer) in the Scrum's Prediction Challenge, they also came impressively close to guessing the actual percentage of the vote that the candidates received.
"So goes Lyn Ketterer, so goes Massachusetts." Lyn Ketterer ranked number one with her nearly spot-on guesses. Ketterer gets a Scrum t-shirt, and she'll also join the podcast today to crow about her winnings.
Check out the top five ranking below. We measured their guesses against The Boston Globe's election results.
1. Lyn Ketterer
- Baker/Polito: 48.3%
- Healey: 67.2%
- Moulton: 54.2%
- Galvin: 65.2%
- Goldberg: 55.2%
2. Joshua Gee
- Baker/Polito: 48%
- Healey: 61%
- Moulton: 52%
- Galvin: 63%
- Goldberg: 56%
3. Dante Ramos
- Baker/Polito: 48.3%
- Healey: 61.1%
- Moulton: 50.7%
- Galvin: 63.5%
- Goldberg: 55.7%
4. Anonymous:
- Baker/Polito: 48.6%
- Healey: 59.8%
- Moulton: 50.2%
- Galvin: 64.2%
- Goldberg: 55.9%
5. The Scrum's David Bernstein
- Baker/Polito: 48.2%
- Healey: 64%
- Moulton: 53%
- Galvin: 62%
- Goldberg: 54%
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