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2016 Postmortem

surrealAmerican

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1. It's kind of hard to take that map seriously.

Reply to lunamagica (Original post)

Sun Oct 21, 2012, 01:21 PM

Oct 2012

1. They gave part of Michigan to Wisconsin.
2. A lot of states are apparently not participating. Until I saw the map, I had thought all the states were participating.

I like seeing all the blue as much as anybody, but this is too light on actual information.

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7-eleven has Obama as a clear winner of the elections [View all] lunamagica Oct 2012 OP

It's kind of hard to take that map seriously. surrealAmerican Oct 2012 #1

This is very awesome DemKittyNC Oct 2012 #2

They got it right in 2000, 2004, 2008... NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #4

Did all 50 states participate then? LiberalElite Oct 2012 #6

Exactly. And most of the missing states are red. n/t pnwmom Oct 2012 #12

It's a crap predictor. It seems, for example, only one 7-11 is being used to represent Idaho. NYC_SKP Oct 2012 #15

Unlike all the other polls which are all over the place right? lunatica Oct 2012 #20

Don't brew, VOTE! :D DemKittyNC Oct 2012 #7

They'll get it right in 2012 too johnlucas Nov 2012 #21

They have been extremely, eerily accurate for the past two elections lunamagica Oct 2012 #9

Wow that is close DemKittyNC Oct 2012 #11

That's freaky. LisaL Oct 2012 #13

I wish they'd give the total # of cups sold for each State for each Candidate boingboinh Oct 2012 #3

Obama would win TX if only people under 40 voted. LisaL Oct 2012 #5

TRu! ProudProgressiveNow Oct 2012 #8

It is true. According to the recent poll, while Romney is way ahead in TX, if only people LisaL Oct 2012 #10

Mormons don't drink coffee or tea. Frank Cannon Oct 2012 #14

Even though I'm not a coffee drinker, I think I'll buy a couple of cups anywah! courseofhistory Oct 2012 #16

While others are smart to point out that this isn't scientific at all... Drunken Irishman Oct 2012 #17

Didn't I tell you in my thread, Drunken Irishman? johnlucas Oct 2012 #19

Ah, right in line with my 15-20% margin of Obama's LANDSLIDE johnlucas Oct 2012 #18