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    Predict The Electoral College Outcome

    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epo...ama_vs_mccain/

    Click on the link, and click on any state to credit it to McCain or Obama.

    I have it Obama 338, McCain 200. I'm not predicting a landslide. The popular vote will be pretty close. Of the states considered tossups I give McCain Montana, North Dakota, Arizona, Missouri, Georgia, Indiana, and North Carolina.

    I give Obama Ohio, Virginia and Florida.

    For McCain to win, he would need to sweep the tossup states, and get Pennsylvania. Not impossible, but the odds are pretty long.

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    I can't bring myself to make predictions about this one. But I do have a feeling that at least one of the states you have going for McPalin--that are usually solid red, like Indiana--will go to Obama.

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    I have it 286 for Obama and 252 for McCain.

    That sucks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Deputy Nutz
    I have it 286 for Obama and 252 for McCain.

    That sucks.
    So will the next 4 years!

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    I'm going 360-178. Obama wins the general vote 53-46%
    All hail the Ruler of the Meadow!

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    My conservative estimate:

    272-268 McCain

    Senator McCain by 4.5% in the general
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    Ill stick with my percentage here, the EC might even be higher. Dont be surprised by a stunner here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sheepshead
    Ill stick with my percentage here, the EC might even be higher. Dont be surprised by a stunner here.
    I doubt it. It smells like 1996. Dole wasn't a good politician. Neither is McCain. Democrats controlled Congress and the White House in 1992-1994, but Clinton was a centrist. Democrats controlled Congress and the White House in 1976-1980, but the Democratic Congress was centrist. We don't have that this time. The White House and Congress will be more liberal than it's been in a long time. It's going to be rough. Hopefully, history repeats itself, and we'll "throw the bums out" in 2 or 4 years. Hopefully, the stigma of the war in Iraq will be gone. We need a better presidential candidate.

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    Quote Originally Posted by HarveyWallbangers
    Quote Originally Posted by sheepshead
    Ill stick with my percentage here, the EC might even be higher. Dont be surprised by a stunner here.
    I doubt it. It smells like 1996. Dole wasn't a good politician. Neither is McCain. Democrats controlled Congress and the White House in 1992-1994, but Clinton was a centrist. Democrats controlled Congress and the White House in 1976-1980, but the Democratic Congress was centrist. We don't have that this time. The White House and Congress will be more liberal than it's been in a long time. It's going to be rough. Hopefully, history repeats itself, and we'll "throw the bums out" in 2 or 4 years. Hopefully, the stigma of the war in Iraq will be gone. We need a better presidential candidate.
    come on my packer brother dont go all eeyore on me now!
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    Re: Predict The Electoral College Outcome

    Quote Originally Posted by Joemailman
    http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epo...ama_vs_mccain/

    Click on the link, and click on any state to credit it to McCain or Obama.

    I have it Obama 338, McCain 200. I'm not predicting a landslide. The popular vote will be pretty close. Of the states considered tossups I give McCain Montana, North Dakota, Arizona, Missouri, Georgia, Indiana, and North Carolina.

    I give Obama Ohio, Virginia and Florida.

    For McCain to win, he would need to sweep the tossup states, and get Pennsylvania. Not impossible, but the odds are pretty long.
    I picked this a couple of days ago exactly as you have. Eerie. One of my students told me today that this was the number Karl Rove came up with. Funny, I don't usually agree with him
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cheesehead Craig
    I'm going 360-178. Obama wins the general vote 53-46%
    Looks like the final is going to be 364-174 (Giving Obama NC and IN and McCain MO where each is leading) with the general vote 52-46%. Not too shabby on the call.
    All hail the Ruler of the Meadow!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cheesehead Craig
    Quote Originally Posted by Cheesehead Craig
    I'm going 360-178. Obama wins the general vote 53-46%
    Looks like the final is going to be 364-174 (Giving Obama NC and IN and McCain MO where each is leading) with the general vote 52-46%. Not too shabby on the call.
    You're as bad as a 2004 exit poll. I'll keep in mind for next time never to rely on your predictions. Just kidding, nice call.

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