Politics & Government

What Genius 5th Grader Predicts About Presidential Election: ICYMI

Lawson Fraser, 10, has an IQ in the stratosphere of the genius range. He has some predictions about the presidential election

BLOOMFIELD HILLS, MI – Lawson Fraser, 10, doesn’t like what he sees in the future.

Donald Trump will win the Republican nomination for president, then defeat his pick for the Democrats, Hillary Clinton, in November, the Cranbrook Schools fifth-grader said.

So who cares what someone eight years away from legal voting age thinks?

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Well, the kid’s got an IQ in the stratosphere of the genius range, where he has brilliant company, like Albert Einstein and Stephen Hawking. And he’s a student of politics. His goal is to become a U.S. senator — if that doesn’t happen, he’s interested in putting the investment skills he’s already acquiring by managing his own portfolio to work as a stockbroker.

He wants to attend the Republican National Convention in Cleveland July 18-21 to see what he sees as Trump’s eventual nomination play out.

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“Even though I dislike him, I see Trump winning,” Fraser told The Birmingham Eccentric. “Hillary Clinton has too much baggage and I really doubt Sanders supporters will go with her ... they’ll go with Trump because they’re very angry with America.”

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He wanted Marco Rubio’s now suspended campaign to pick up steam for an eventual November showdown between him and Bernie Sanders, but Florida’s junior senator dropped out after voters thrashed him in his home state of Florida.

He also thinks Trump will pick Detroit native and retired neurosurgeon Dr. Ben Carson as his running mate. Carson dropped out before Michigan’s March 8 primary.

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