For fun, let's try and predict the maps for the next six elections

[Battista Minola 1616]

A flu pandemic slows economic recovery and gives the border control movement a boost

*"That's So Raven" theme plays*

Subtract points for guessing the wrong virus and being a few years off, bonus points for predicting it would boost xenophobia.

Well it hasn't exactly boosted the border control movement though, at least in so much as border control is double-speak for "keep the Mexicans away". East Asians on the other hand...

[Battista Minola 1616]

A flu pandemic slows economic recovery and gives the border control movement a boost

*"That's So Raven" theme plays*

Subtract points for guessing the wrong virus and being a few years off, bonus points for predicting it would boost xenophobia.

Well it hasn't exactly boosted the border control movement though, at least in so much as border control is double-speak for "keep the Mexicans away". East Asians on the other hand...

And that's true. I don't know if I had this in the write-up but I expected the virus to spike up in Latin America and for the xenophobia to be directed at the "carriers", so it still counts as a blurry snapshot. Regardless, this is exactly why I try a multidisciplinary approach when predicting the future. It's always a crapshoot but this makes it more of a science.

If I was even remotely good at math I'd be an actuary. XD

Good points.

You are talking to someone who is remotely good at math lol although my university career is being a bit rocky.