Before revision:  Our goals are to open new avenues for improving how elections are forecast, to increase understanding of the results that are reported by popular news sources, and to illustrate the value of data-driven forecasting using dynamical systems  .
After revision:  Our goals are to open new avenues for improving how elections are forecast, to increase understanding of the results that are reported by popular news sources, and to illustrate the value of data-driven forecasting using dynamical systems , and suggests avenues for future research on political elections .