What did Ben Shapiro predict about elections in November 2012?
Ben Shapiro, Breitbart News editor-at-large and author ·
This election is not going to be as close as the Democrats and their allies in the media would have us believe. … Prediction: 311 electoral votes for Romney, including Florida, Wisconsin, Ohio, Virginia, Colorado, Iowa, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania.
Romney got 206, not 311
Shapiro predicted 311 electoral votes for Romney, including eight swing states he named. Romney got 206, and of those eight states he won only North Carolina.
Mitt Romney won 206 electoral votes to Barack Obama's 332. Of the eight swing states Shapiro listed, Romney won only North Carolina (National Archives).
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- Written for National Review Online's "Election Crystal Ball" symposium, published on Election Day morning.