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Joemailman
11-02-2008, 11:51 PM
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_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.

hoosier
11-03-2008, 09:04 AM
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.

Deputy Nutz
11-03-2008, 09:15 AM
I have it 286 for Obama and 252 for McCain.

That sucks.

LL2
11-03-2008, 09:36 AM
I have it 286 for Obama and 252 for McCain.

That sucks.

So will the next 4 years!

Cheesehead Craig
11-03-2008, 09:39 AM
I'm going 360-178. Obama wins the general vote 53-46%

sheepshead
11-03-2008, 11:27 AM
My conservative estimate:

272-268 McCain

Senator McCain by 4.5% in the general

sheepshead
11-04-2008, 11:29 AM
Ill stick with my percentage here, the EC might even be higher. Dont be surprised by a stunner here.

HarveyWallbangers
11-04-2008, 11:35 AM
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.

sheepshead
11-04-2008, 11:40 AM
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!

Badgerinmaine
11-04-2008, 02:16 PM
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/maps/obama_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 :-)

Cheesehead Craig
11-05-2008, 08:25 AM
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.

hoosier
11-05-2008, 09:09 AM
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. :lol: Just kidding, nice call.