“I’ve been doing this for 42 years and every four years I get butterflies in my stomach,” he said. “This year, I think I have a flock of crows in my stomach.”

Lichtman said the candidates neck survey in key swing states it doesn’t make it jittery. He trusts his “13 Keys to the White House” system and he still believes Harris will become the country’s next president. However, in a live video interview with his son Sam on his YouTube channel, the presidential prognosticator explained that he is concerned about the fragility of democracy, noting that the political system hasn’t been around that long.

“For the entire history of mankind, there has been almost no democracy. Nations were ruled by the divine right of kings, by birthright, or by sword and blood,” he said. “Democracy is a very recent development.”