W&L students predict Clinton victory in Iowa
Associated Press
January 2, 2008
LEXINGTON, Va. (AP) - Students at Washington & Lee University are predicting that Hillary Clinton will win the support of Iowa voters in Democratic caucuses later this week.
The prediction Wednesday is a prelude to the school's 2008 Democratic Mock Convention later this month.
Convention organizers say they think Clinton will narrowly hold off challenges by Senator Barack Obama and former Senator John Edwards. They say their prediction is based on research conducted over the past year.
The gathering is the most accurate student-run mock convention in the nation. It has had 18 correct predictions out of 32 attempts, with only one incorrect call since 1948. The convention January 25 and 26 will be the school's 100th.