Allan Jay Lichtman (; born April 4, 1947) is an American political historian who teaches at American University in Washington, D.C.
He is mostly known for predicting seven of the last eight results for United States presidential elections since 1984, including forecasting the 2016 U.S.
presidential election remarkably early.In 2006 he ran for the United States Senate in Maryland.
He was named by American University as the Distinguished Professor of History in 2011, and as Outstanding Scholar / Teacher for 1992–93, the highest faculty award at that school.
He is the author of numerous books and has published over 100 articles.
A model he created with Russian seismologist Vladimir Keilis-Borok, known as The Keys to the White House, was designed to predict whether the candidate of an incumbent party would win the next election for the U.S.
president.In April 2017, Lichtman authored the book The Case for Impeachment, laying out multiple arguments for the impeachment of Donald Trump.