Before revision:  Our goals are to open up new avenues for improving how elections are forecast, to increase understanding of the results that are reported by popular news sources, and to illustrate a fascinating example 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 a fascinating example of data-driven forecasting using dynamical systems.