Who will be nominated as the next U.S. Defense Secretary to follow Jim Mattis?

Started Dec 21, 2018 04:02PM UTC
Closed Jan 31, 2019 04:02PM UTC

This question will be judged when the President announces their next candidate for Secretary of Defense in a public forum. They do not need to be confirmed by the Senate to have this question resolve.
Resolution Notes

https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/1126577252135776256

Possible Answer Correct? Final Crowd Forecast
Jack Keane 38%
Tom Cotton 16%
Lindsey Graham 3%
David Petraeus 4%
Patrick Shanahan 8%
Jim Talent 4%
Dan Coates 8%
David McCormick 4%
Another person 15%

Crowd Forecast Profile

Participation Level
Number of Forecasters 5
Average for questions older than 6 months: 11
Number of Forecasts 14
Average for questions older than 6 months: 48
Accuracy
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Most Accurate

Relative Brier Score

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-0.002867
2.
-0.002513
3.
0.001871
4.
0.038913
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1.007791

Consensus Trend

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