present for future conditional

[Mark Mandel]

On NPR last night (about 6:12 pm, 2001-8-21), in a story on Jesse Helms's
retirement announcement, a North Carolinian whose name I didn't catch said
of Elizabeth Dole "I think she wins if she runs", meaning what I would have
said as "I think she'll win if she runs".

I think we had a thread about this a few months back, but iirc that was
mostly or entirely in sports usage.

-- Mark A. Mandel