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Dick Morris explains his wrong Romney victory prediction

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    Former Clinton adviser predicted Romney landslide

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President's -- -- and -- perhaps the most disappointed men in the country besides Mitt Romney.

Is Dick Morris as you may know -- predicted a big Romney victory a landslide problem was he was analyzing your way.

Mark joins us now from West Palm Beach, Florida at.

I plead guilty I goofed and made a mistake.

I undercounted.

The minority turnout and women and young people not a single women.

I thought that the 2008.

Turnout was a fluke.

I think on your program many times I said that if the turnout is what it is and -- weight than the polls are accurate and -- -- -- gonna win.

But they're not and I think you need to average Joseph for -- six or Lleyton ten and take the average so that you get rid of the out liar.

Well it turned out not to -- and out lie -- turned out to be a trend.

The average said that 11% of the vote.

Was black in fact it was thirteen.

The average -- 8% Latino in fact -- -- -- The average said 17%.

Under thirty in fact it was nineteen.

The average said 16%.

Single white women in fact it was AT.

When you take those together you're dealing with a six -- eight point move in the demographics.

Most of which went to Obama.

So when I predicted that Obama would lose by five points Romney would win by five.

And in fact Obama won by one.

That's a six point move and that's because I got the demographics.

Eight points wrong kept the permanent conclusion here.

Is that this is saboteurs set.

America has changed a late -- not just rally to the first black candidate didn't have overwhelming college kid fantasy and.