Lovely 21++ Crystal Ball 2020 Election Predictions. — forecasting models depend on applying electoral history to the current election, but 2020 is historically abnormal (at least, in the period since the often unstated reason structural equation forecasts produce fairly accurate predictions of the national vote well in advance of election day is. In this episode, we take a look at and analyze sabato's crystal ball's 2020 election forecast. Every year , the editors and writers of fortune take on the unenviable task of predicting the year ahead: Jim blasingame's 2020 crystal ball predictions.