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2008 ELECTION MODEL
A  Monte Carlo  Electoral  Vote  Simulation



Updated: August 22

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  • Chart   State Poll Aggregate + Projection Trend
  • Chart   National 5-Poll Moving Average Projection
  • Chart   State vs. National: Vote Share Projection Trends
  • Chart   Battleground-State Polls
  • Chart   Battleground-State Win Probability
  • Chart   Obama Electoral Vote Simulation Frequency
  • Chart   Electoral Vote + Win Probability Trend
  • Chart   Electoral Vote + Projected Vote Share Trend
  • Chart   Undecided Voter Allocation + Win Probability
  • Chart   Monte Carlo Electoral Vote Simulation Trials
     2008 Election Model Fraud Analyzer 
  • Uncounted  &  Switched Votes
  • Chart   Effect on Obama Projected Vote Share
  • Chart   Effect on Obama Projected Electoral Vote
  •  
     
    This
    State
    National
    State
    National
    Monte Carlo
    Simulation

    Update
    Poll
    5-Poll
    2-party
    2-party
    Expected

    8/22/2008
    Aggregate
    Average
    Projection
    Projection
    ELECTORAL VOTE

    Obama
    McCain
     45.45 (51.29) 
     43.16 (48.71) 
     45.00 (51.37) 
     42.60 (48.63) 
    52.28
    47.72
    52.44
    47.56
    335
    203


        

    15-Poll

    End

    Sample

    Poll
    NATIONAL MODEL
     
    Pre   Undecided-Voter Allocation 
    5-Poll Mov Avg             2-Party          
     
    2-Party Projection  (60% UVA)
    5-Poll Mov Avg

    Trend
                                
    Rasmussen
    Gallup
    FOX
    CBS/NYT
    NBC/WSJ

    Bloomberg
    Quinnipiac
    Zogby
    Gallup
    Pew

    IBD/TIPP
    CBS
    Time
    AP/Ipsos
    CNN
    Date
                
    8/20
    8/20
    8/20
    8/19
    8/18

    8/18
    8/17
    8/16
    8/10
    8/10

    8/10
    8/05
    8/04
    8/04
    7/29
    Size
                
    3000LV
    2658LV
    900RV
    869RV
    1005RV

    1248RV
    1547LV
    1089LV
    903RV
    2414RV

    925RV
    906RV
    808RV
    1002RV
    914RV
    MoE
                
    1.8%
    1.9%
    3.3%
    3.3%
    3.1%

    2.8%
    2.5%
    3.0%
    3.3%
    2.0%

    3.2%
    3.3%
    3.4%
    3.1%
    3.2%
    Obama
                
    48
    45
    42
    45
    45

    45
    47
    41
    45
    46

    43
    45
    46
    48
    51
    McCain
                
    46
    44
    39
    42
    42

    43
    42
    46
    38
    43

    38
    39
    41
    42
    44
    Diff
                
    2
    1
    3
    3
    3

    2
    5
    (5)
    7
    3

    5
    6
    5
    6
    7
     
    Obama
                
    45.0
    44.4
    44.8
    44.6
    44.6

    44.8
    44.4
    44.0
    45.0
    45.6

    46.6
    47.0
    48.0
    47.0
    46.8
    McCain
                
    42.6
    42.0
    41.6
    43.0
    42.2

    42.4
    41.4
    40.8
    39.8
    40.6

    40.8
    43.0
    44.2
    44.0
    43.8
    |
    Obama
                
    51.4
    51.4
    51.9
    50.9
    51.4

    51.4
    51.7
    51.9
    53.1
    52.9

    53.3
    52.2
    52.1
    51.6
    51.7
    Win Prob
                   
    93.3
    92.4
    86.7
    70.5
    81.0

    83.5
    91.5
    89.3
    96.7
    99.8

    97.8
    91.0
    87.9
    85.2
    84.2
     
    Obama
                
    52.44
    52.56
    52.96
    52.04
    52.52

    52.48
    52.92
    53.12
    54.12
    53.88

    54.16
    53.00
    52.68
    52.40
    52.44
    McCain
                
    47.56
    47.44
    47.04
    47.96
    47.48

    47.52
    47.08
    46.88
    45.88
    46.12

    45.84
    47.00
    47.32
    47.60
    47.56
    Diff
             
    4.9
    5.1
    5.9
    4.1
    5.0

    5.0
    5.8
    6.2
    8.2
    7.8

    8.3
    6.0
    5.4
    4.8
    4.9
    Win Prob
                   
    99.6
    99.6
    96.2
    88.5
    94.5

    96.0
    98.9
    98.0
    99.3
    100.0

    99.4
    96.5
    93.6
    93.6
    93.0
     

     

    The pundits are saying that the race is tightening. According to Electoral-vote.com, the decline in Obama’s state polls has resulted in a 269–256 EV spread. RealClearPolitics.com shows the national polls tightening. The Zogby poll has McCain leading by 5 points. By just presenting polling data without making adjustments for the large number of undecided and newly registered voters, these and other election forecasting sites confirm the media spin that the race is close.

    The Election Model calculates that Obama has a bigger lead than these sites indicate. The Monte Carlo electoral vote simulation has him leading by 335203. He leads in the aggregate State projection model by 52.347.7% and in the National model by 52.447.6%. The calculations assume the election is held today.

    Here’s why Obama is doing better:
    • Of the latest 15 national polls, 10 are Registered Voter (RV) and 5 are LV. The RVs include newly registered young Democrats who are not included in the LV polls. Perhaps that’s why the average of the 10 RV polls has Obama leading by almost 5 points, while the 5 LV polls are nearly tied. In 2004, Kerry consistently did better in RV polls than in LVs.

    • In the Election Model, the base case scenario assumption is that Obama will capture 60% of the undecided vote. He’s considered to be the challenger, since McCain is running for Bush’s third term. Typically, challengers win 75–90% of the undecided vote. In 2004, the final state and national polls showed the race to be tied at 47, but Kerry won the undecided vote by at least 3-1.

    • The aforementioned sites allocate the full state electoral vote to the leader in the latest poll, regardless of how close the race is. For example, if the leader has 51%, he gets all the electoral votes. This oversimplification obscures the electoral vote projection. The Monte Carlo simulation eliminates this possibility by using state win probabilities to determine the total EXPECTED electoral vote.

    But there’s another, bigger problem for Obama: Election Fraud. The media pundits want to keep it close by avoiding McCain’s gaffes, flip-flops and plagiarisms. Never mind that he supports the most unpopular president in history. In a true democracy, this would be a slam dunk for Obama.

    NOT ONE ELECTION WEBSITE, POLLSTER OR MEDIA PUNDIT EVER MENTIONS THE FRAUD FACTOR.

    The Election Model accounts for the distinct probability that the election will be fraudulent and adjusts the vote shares accordingly. This analysis will be provided right up to the election. To show the effects of fraud, the summary table displays Obama’s electoral and popular vote assuming 3% of total votes cast are uncounted (Obama has 75%) and 4% of Obama’s votes are switched to McCain. After adjusting for these factors, Obama has 250 electoral votes and a 49.5% vote share. Of course, for higher switched vote and uncounted vote rates, he would lose by larger margins. Two graphs display the effects of a combination range of uncounted and switch vote scenarios on the EV and popular vote (see the links below).

    The Democratic True Vote is always greater than the Recorded Vote.

    According to the Census Bureau, 5.4m (4.9%) of total votes cast in 2000 were uncounted. Approximately 4.0m were Gore votes. In 2004, 3.4m (2.7%) votes were uncounted (2.5m were Kerry votes). The Election Calculator model (see below) indicates that 5.3m (7.9%) Kerry votes (1 in 13) were switched to Bush.

    OBAMA NEEDS A MASSIVE VOTER REGISTRATION AND GOTV EFFORT TO OVERCOME THE FRAUD.


    In the Three-Card Monte con, the mark is tricked into betting that he can find the money card among three face-down cards. A rigged election is the Vote Scam equivalent of the Three-card Monte. What you see in the exit polls is not what you get in the recorded count; the recorded vote is never equal to the True vote. In this con game, the voter is the mark. Any model which correctly calculates the True vote is doomed to fail in a rigged election.

    New features have been added to the State model. Obama’s projected 2-party vote share is compared to the final Kerry projection, unadjusted exit poll and recorded vote shares. His 52.28% projected share is 0.48% higher and within 0.19% of Kerry’s unadjusted exit poll share. The Edison-Mitofsky WPE Input Management Screen (IMS) measure had Kerry at 51.92% (equivalent to a 2-party share of 52.48%).

    Zogby and Harris were correct when they projected a Kerry win. But Bush won a rigged Recorded vote, while Kerry won the True vote. As in Three-Card Monte, what you see is not what you get. Election forecasters and media pundits who projected a Bush win avoid mentioning the overwhelming evidence that the election was stolen. On the contrary, a complicit media has been in a permanent election fraud lockdown, while it relentlessly promotes the fictional propaganda that Bush won BOTH elections.

    Repeat a lie often enough and it becomes conventional wisdom. Although the media commissioned exit polls which indicated that Kerry won by 5%, they never explained why mathematically impossible weights were used in the Final Exit Poll to force a match to the recorded vote count. Bush won the corrupt Recorded vote but lost the True vote. The final 2004 Election Model projection gave Kerry 337 EV and 51.8% of the two party vote. Bush won the recorded vote by 62–59m with 286 EV.

    These graphs display the effects of uncounted and switched votes on Obama's projected EV and 2-party vote share.
    ?click">Effect of uncounted and switched votes on the projected vote share
    ?click">Effect of uncounted and switched votes on the electoral vote


    THE 2008 ELECTION MODEL

    Last
    State
    National
    State
    National
    Monte Carlo
    Simulation

    Update
    Poll
    5-Poll
    2-party
    2-party
    Expected

    8/22/2008
    Aggregate
    Average
    Projection
    Projection
    EV

     
     
     
    60% UVA
     
     

    Obama
    McCain
    45.45
    43.16
    45.00
    42.60
    52.28
    47.72
    52.44
    47.56
    335
    203


    2004 Final
     
     
    75% UVA
     
     

    Kerry
    Bush
    47.88
    46.89
    47.80
    46.60
    51.80
    48.20
    51.77
    48.23
    337
    201



    Projected Recorded Vote   (assuming fraud)

    Obama Vote Share      after adjustment for:

    Popular Vote
    Electoral Vote
    49.5%
    250
    3% -
    4% -
    Uncounted Votes
    Switched Votes


    True Vote Sensitivity Analysis I — Undecided Voter Allocation (UVA)

    UVA Scenario
     
     
    Base Case

    Obama
    40%
    50%
    60%
    70%
    80%


    Projected 2-Party Vote Share

    Obama
    McCain
    50.0
    50.0
    51.1
    48.9
    52.28
    47.72
    53.4
    46.6
    54.6
    45.4


    MoE
    Obama popular vote win probability

    2.0 %
    2.5 %
    3.0 %
    50.2
    50.2
    50.1
    86.9
    81.5
    77.3
    98.7
    96.3
    93.2
    99.96
    99.63
    98.73
    100.0
    99.98
    99.86


    Obama Expected Electoral Vote

    Average
    Median
    267
    267
    298
    297
    335
    334
    377
    377
    415
    415

    Maximum
    Minimum
    363
    187
    382
    214
    418
    257
    454
    301
    481
    340


    Obama Electoral Vote Win Probability

    Trial Wins
    Probability
    2224
    44.5
    4571
    91.4
    4988
    99.76
    5000
    100
    5000
    100


    95% Confidence Level
    Upper
    Lower
    309
    226
    341
    255
    383
    286
    428
    327
    464
    366


    States Won
    Obama
     
    21
     
    24
     
    26
     
    35
     
    37
     


    Sensitivity Analysis II — Projected Vote Share & Win Probability

    Obama
     
    47.1
     
    48.1
     
    49.1
     
    50.2
     
    51.2
     
    52.28
     


    Electoral Vote
    Win Probability
    172
    0.0
    207
    0.2
    239
    7.5
    270
    50.4
    301
    92.8
    335
    99.76


      MoE  
    2.00%
    2.50%
    3.00%


    0.2
    1.0
    2.7


    3.1
    6.8
    10.7
    Popular Vote
    Win Probability

    20.1
    25.1
    28.8


    57.4
    56.0
    55.0


    88.7
    83.4
    79.0


    98.73
    96.32
    93.20

     

     
    2008 POLLING ANALYSIS AND PROJECTIONS

    National Modelsee atop
    State Model
    C U R R E N T    P O L L S
     
     
    OBAMA vs KERRY
    MONTE CARLO EVOTE SIMULATION

     

     
     
    Pre-Undecided Voter Allocation
     
    Projection
    Projection
    JK Exit Poll
    Recorded
    Diff
     
    Diff
    Obama
    Obama
    Key States
    Within
    EV Flip(*)

    Total

    AL
    AK
    AZ
    AR
    CA

    CO
    CT
    DC
    DE
    FL

    GA
    HI
    ID
    IL
    IN

    IA
    KS
    KY
    LA
    ME

    MD
    MA
    MI
    MN
    MS

    MO
    MT
    NE
    NV
    NH

    NJ
    NM
    NY
    NC
    ND

    OH
    OK
    OR
    PA
    RI

    SC
    SD
    TN
    TX
    UT

    VT
    VA
    WA
    WV
    WI
    WY
    EV
    538

    9
    3
    10
    6
    55

    9
    7
    3
    3
    27

    15
    4
    4
    21
    11

    7
    6
    8
    9
    4

    10
    12
    17
    10
    6

    11
    3
    5
    5
    4

    15
    5
    31
    15
    3

    20
    7
    7
    21
    4

    8
    3
    11
    34
    5

    3
    13
    11
    5
    10
    3
    Obama
    45.45 %

    36
    41
    30
    37
    52

    43
    51
    90
    50
    45

    44
    61
    37
    50
    48

    48
    35
    37
    38
    49

    53
    49
    46
    47
    42

    45
    47
    32
    44
    45

    50
    47
    53
    43
    42

    41
    37
    50
    46
    55

    40
    43
    36
    37
    31

    63
    45
    52
    37
    48
    40
    McCain
    43.16 %

    51
    48
    40
    47
    37

    46
    36
    9
    41
    47

    53
    31
    53
    37
    47

    42
    58
    55
    55
    36

    41
    37
    41
    42
    53

    47
    47
    50
    43
    44

    41
    41
    37
    46
    45

    45
    42
    43
    41
    31

    53
    47
    41
    47
    55

    29
    45
    42
    45
    40
    53
     
    Diff
    2.3 %

    (15)
    (7)
    (10)
    (10)

    15

    (3)
    15
    81
    9
    (2)

    (9)
    30
    (16)
    13
    1

    6
    (23)
    (18)
    (17)

    13

    12
    12
    5
    5
    (11)

    (2)
    0
    (18)
    1
    1

    9
    6
    16
    (3)
    (3)


    (4)
    (5)

    7
    5
    24

    (13)
    (4)
    (5)
    (10)
    (24)


    34
    0
    10
    (8)
    8
    (13)
     
    Obama
    52.28 %

    43.8
    47.6
    48.0
    46.6
    58.6

    49.6
    58.8
    90.6
    55.4
    49.8

    45.8
    65.8
    43.0
    57.8
    51.0

    54.0
    39.2
    41.8
    42.2
    58.0

    56.6
    57.4
    53.8
    53.6
    45.0

    49.8
    50.6
    42.8
    51.8
    51.6

    55.4
    54.2
    59.0
    49.6
    49.8

    49.4
    49.6
    54.2
    53.8
    63.4

    44.2
    49.0
    49.8
    46.6
    39.4

    67.8
    51.0
    55.6
    47.8
    55.2
    44.2
    Final  Kerry
    51.80 %

    42.0
    39.8
    48.8
    51.0
    55.8

    50.8
    56.5
    86.3
    57.8
    52.3

    46.5
    52.5
    38.3
    57.0
    41.3

    54.5
    39.3
    42.8
    49.0
    58.3

    56.3
    70.8
    54.3
    55.0
    47.3

    49.3
    41.3
    37.3
    50.5
    51.5

    56.0
    50.5
    60.0
    49.0
    42.5

    52.3
    36.3
    54.5
    53.8
    62.0

    44.3
    46.5
    49.2
    40.0
    29.3

    58.3
    48.5
    55.0
    50.0
    54.8
    33.5
    IMS  WPE
    52.48

    42.3
    40.6
    45.0
    45.7
    60.7

    50.6
    62.9
    91.5
    61.9
    51.5

    42.4
    58.7
    32.6
    57.1
    40.8

    51.2
    37.5
    40.3
    44.0
    56.1

    60.2
    66.4
    55.0
    56.3
    49.5

    49.5
    37.6
    37.4
    53.4
    57.8

    58.1
    53.6
    65.1
    50.0
    35.0

    54.6
    34.2
    51.9
    55.7
    62.7

    46.2
    36.3
    43.6
    42.4
    28.4

    67.2
    50.3
    57.4
    40.7
    52.6
    32.9

    Kerry
    48.76

    37.2
    35.9
    44.8
    45.0
    54.9

    47.5
    54.9
    90.1
    53.9
    47.6

    41.8
    54.6
    30.6
    55.4
    39.7

    49.7
    37.0
    40.1
    42.6
    54.1

    56.5
    62.6
    51.7
    51.6
    40.2

    46.6
    39.0
    33.0
    48.4
    50.7

    53.5
    49.5
    59.0
    44.0
    35.9

    49.2
    34.8
    51.9
    51.4
    60.0

    41.3
    38.8
    43.0
    38.6
    26.3

    59.5
    45.9
    53.4
    43.6
    50.2
    29.4
    Projection
    0.48

    1.8
    7.9
    (0.8)
    (4.4)

    2.9

    (1.1)
    2.3
    4.3
    (2.3)
    (2.5)


    (0.7)
    13.3
    4.8
    0.8
    9.8

    (0.5)
    (0.0)
    (1.0)
    (6.8)
    (0.3)


    0.4
    (13.4)
    (0.4)
    (1.4)
    (2.3)


    0.5
    9.4
    5.6
    1.3
    0.1

    (0.6)
    3.7
    (1.0)
    0.7
    7.3

    (2.9)
    13.4
    (0.3)
    0.1
    1.4

    (0.0)
    2.5
    0.6
    6.6
    10.2

    9.6
    2.5
    0.6
    (2.2)
    0.5
    10.7
     
    Exit Poll
    (0.19)

    1.5
    7.0
    3.0
    0.9
    (2.1)

    (1.0)
    (4.1)
    (0.9)
    (6.5)
    (1.7)


    3.4
    7.1
    10.4
    0.7
    10.2

    2.8
    1.7
    1.5
    (1.8)
    1.9

    (3.6)
    (9.0)
    (1.2)
    (2.7)
    (4.5)

    0.0
    0.3
    13.0
    5.4
    (1.6)
    (6.2)


    (2.7)
    0.6
    (6.1)
    (0.4)

    14.8

    (5.2)
    15.4
    2.3
    (1.9)
    0.7

    (2.0)
    12.7
    6.2
    4.2
    11.0

    0.6
    0.7
    (1.8)
    7.1
    2.6
    11.3
    Exp EV
    335





    55


    7
    3
    3



    4

    21
    11

    7



    4

    10
    12
    17
    10



    3

    5
    4

    15
    5
    31





    7
    21
    4







    3
    13
    11

    10

    Win Prob
    99.76

    0
    12
    16
    5
    100

    42
    100
    100
    100
    46

    2
    100
    0
    100
    69

    98
    0
    0
    0
    100

    100
    100
    97
    96
    1

    46
    62
    0
    81
    78

    100
    98
    100
    42
    46

    38
    42
    98
    97
    100

    0
    31
    46
    5
    0

    100
    69
    100
    14
    99
    0
    EV*Spread
    100%


    0.5%




    4.6%



    16.0%





    7.4%

    1.8%







    5.8%
    3.4%


    6.5%
    2.3%

    3.4%
    2.7%


    1.3%

    7.6%
    1.5%

    8.5%
    2.4%
    1.2%
    7.1%



    1.3%
    3.7%




    9.9%

    0.4%
    0.8%

    MoE
    227


    3




    9



    27





    11

    7







    17
    10


    11
    3

    5
    4


    5

    15
    3

    20
    7
    7
    21



    3
    11




    13

    5
    10

    to Obama
    44

    AL
    AK
    AZ
    AR
    CA

    CO
    CT
    DC
    DE
    FL

    GA
    HI
    ID
    IL
    IN*

    IA*
    KS
    KY
    LA
    ME

    MD
    MA
    MI
    MN
    MS

    MO
    MT*
    NE
    NV*
    NH

    NJ
    NM*
    NY
    NC
    ND

    OH
    OK
    OR
    PA
    RI

    SC
    SD
    TN
    TX
    UT

    VT
    VA*
    WA
    WV
    WI
    WY
    Note: In the above table, the Obama Exp EV is based on his expected (average) electoral vote from 5000 simulated election trials. The electoral votes shown in the column are for states Obama is projected to win; the total will usually differ from the expected EV. That’s because the Monte Carlo simulation uses state win probabilities in order to calculate the expected (average) electoral vote — the preferred method.


    Uncounted and Switched Vote Fraud Scenarios

    The Election Model has been updated to include two key fraud variable factors: uncounted votes (net of votes padded) and switched votes. Historical evidence shows that over 75% of uncounted ballots are found in heavily Democratic minority precincts. These critical factors are never included in election forecasting models which permeate the media and the internet. In fact, there is no mention of fraud from professional pollsters, political forecasters in academia, media pundits or liberal bloggers on their web sites. But it’s understandable. No one wants to bite the hand that feeds them. Why should any of these interested parties discuss fraud when Democratic politicians won’t? Unlike impeachment, the dirty little secret of election fraud has always been off the table in Congress. Read more about uncounted votes here.

    The Election Calculator Model

    This model uses prior election votes cast, mortality and estimated voter turnout to calculate the True Vote.
    It was originally developed to determine the 2004 True vote after the fact.
    It does not calculate the corresponding Electoral vote.
    But we can estimate the Electoral vote and win probability from the popular vote.
    National Exit Poll vote shares of returning voters were key inputs.

    As of today, the 2008 Election Calculator confirms the Election Model:
    Obama has 54.1% and will win the True Vote by 71 – 59m.
    Input consists of 2004 total votes cast (recorded plus uncounted), mortality and 2004 voter turnout in 2008.
    The vote shares are similar to the 2004 National Exit Poll shares of returning and new voters.

    2008 True Vote Election Calculator Forecast
    Estimated vote share (see National Exit Poll)
    2004 Turnout Votes Mix Obama McCain Other

    DNV - 17.2 13.1% 59% 40% 1%
    Kerry 95% 60.5 46.2% 89% 10% 1%
    Bush 95% 51.6 39.4% 11% 88% 1%
    Other 95% 1.6 1.2% 70% 11% 19%
    Total 113.7 130.9 100.0% 54.1% 44.7% 1.2%
    130.9 70.8 58.5 1.6

    Popular and Electoral Vote Win Probabilities

    These are a few reasons why Monte Carlo (MC) simulation is preferable to election forecasting methods used in the media and academia:
    • Academic models forecast national vote shares only (months in advance of the election) using regression analysis of economic and political time-series.

    • The Election Model projects the popular and electoral vote (and win probabilities) based on the latest state and national polls right up to the election.

    • MC does not arbitrarily designate states as being “too close to call”; it automatically factors in the poll-based win probabilities.

    • MC is a powerful tool for analyzing risk-based systems (i.e. electoral vote models) when deriving an analytical solution is impractical or impossible.

    In each of the 5000 Monte Carlo election trials, the winner of each state is determined using win probabilities calculated from the latest poll-based projection. The winner of the election trial is the candidate who has at least 270 EV. The electoral vote win probability is simply the number of winning election trials divided by 5000.

    State and national aggregate popular vote win probabilities are calculated using the Excel normal distribution function. The projected two-party vote share and standard deviation (MoE/1.96) are inputs to the function. A constant 4% MoE is assumed for all state poll win probabilities.

    The National Model calculates a 5-poll moving average projection assuming the base case Obama 60% UVA scenario. The National projection would normally be a leading indicator of the State model aggregate since it is based on up-to-date polling. The normal distribution function calculates the national popular vote win probability assuming the MoE of the latest poll.

    Read more about Election Forecasting Models and Monte Carlo simulation here.

    2004 Election Model Review

    On Election Day 2004, Bush had a 48% approval rating.
    He won the official vote by 62 – 59m (122.3m recorded).
    But according to the 2004 Census, 125.7m votes were cast.
    Therefore, approximately 3.4m votes (2.74%) were uncounted.
    The majority (70–80%) of uncounted ballots are in Democratic minority precincts.
    Including uncounted votes, the adjusted count becomes 62.9–61.5m.
    The Election Model produced a startling confirmation of the state and national models.
    • In the base case scenario, Kerry was assumed to win 75% of the undecided vote.
    • The Monte Carlo simulation determined that he would win 337 electoral votes.
    Both models projected Kerry the winner with 51.8% of the two-party vote.
    The final 5 national poll average projection was 51.8%.
    The final 18 national poll average projection was 51.6%.


    Kerry’s projected vote share was within 2.0% of his exit poll share in 23 states.
    Exit Pollsters Edison-Mitofsky released their 2004 Evaluation report in Jan. 2005.
    • E-M discussed polling methodology and provided summary statistics by state, region and voting method.
    • Within Precinct Error (WPE) is the average difference between unadjusted exit poll and recorded vote count margins.
      It is more appropriate to call it Within Precinct Discrepancy (WPD).
      Kerry won the unadjusted (WPD) aggregate state exit poll by 52.047.0% (average of three measures).
                    Unadjusted Exit Poll             Recorded Vote Count
      EV Kerry Bush Margin KEV Kerry Bush Margin KEV WPE/WPD
      WtdAv TOTAL 51.95 47.05 4.91 337 48.27 50.73 (2.46) 251 7.37 %
    • exceeded 6% in 25 states for Bush
    • exceeded 4% in 34 states for Bush and just 2 for Kerry.
    • was less than 2% in 8 heavily Republican states (AR, ID, IN, KS, KY, MT, OK and TN).
    • was less than 2% in just 1 Democratic state (OR), the only state which votes 100% by paper ballot.
    The 1:25pm FINAL National Exit Poll indicated that Kerry lost by 4851%.
    • All FINAL National Exit Polls are 'forced' to match the Recorded Vote.
    • The 'forcing' of the 2004 Exit Poll numbers resulted in IMPOSSIBLE demographics.

      State and national Pre-election and Exit Polls were wrong, or the Recorded Vote was fraudulent.


    2004 Registered Voter (RV) vs. Likely Voter (LV) Polls
    • The national pre-election RV polls were closer to the True Vote than likely voter LV polls.
    • The LV polls, after adjustments, matched the RVs — and the unadjusted exit polls.

    The Election Calculator Model determined that Kerry won by 66.9 – 57.7 million.
    Simple arithmetic shows that approximately 5.4m votes (8.0%) were switched from Kerry to Bush.
    In most states, votes cast exceeded votes recorded — the net uncounted vote.
    In Florida, Ohio and other states, votes recorded exceeded votes cast — the net padded vote.
    2004 Calculated True Vote
    12:22am NEP vote share

    2000 Turnout Voted Mix Kerry Bush Other

    DNV - 25.6 20.4% 57% 41% 2%
    Gore 95% 49.7 39.5% 91% 8% 1%
    Bush 95% 46.6 37.1% 10% 90% 0%
    Other 95% 3.8 3.0% 64% 17% 19%

    Total 100.1 125.7 100% 53.2% 45.4% 1.4%
    Votes cast 125.7 66.9 57.1 1.7

    Recorded Vote (actual) 122.3 59.0 62.0 1.2
    48.3% 50.7% 1.0%
    Deviation from True Vote -4.9% +5.3% -0.4%

    Unadjusted Exit Poll 52.0% 47.0% 1.0%
    Deviation from True Vote -1.2% +1.6% -0.4%

     




     



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