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Chichiri

(4,667 posts)
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 05:53 PM Oct 2012

Election Forecast Summaries: 10/29 (afternoon)

From now until the election I'll post once or twice a day with these summaries. "p(RE)" means "probability of re-election," and is expressed in a scale from 0 to 1, so 0.937, for instance, means 93.7%. "unch" means unchanged from last report. Date of last update is given if at least one day old and if time of update is known.

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Votamatic: O 332 (unch from 10/27)

University of Illinois U-C: O 291.4 (+0.4); p(RE)=0.949 (-.004)

Electoral-vote.com: O 280, R 235, T 23 (O-4, T+4)

Huffington Post: O 277, R 191, T 70 (R-15, T+15)

FiveThirtyEight: O 296.6 (+1.1); p(RE)=0.746 (unch)

Princeton: O 303 (+3); p(RE)=0.90-0.97 (unch)

DeSart/Holbrook: O 281 (unch); p(RE)=0.8682 (+.0029)[/font]
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...And Just For Laughs, UnSkewedPolls: O 179, R 359 (unch from 10/25) [/font] which means my bet with Dean Chambers is presently worth $2,352.00.

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Election Forecast Summaries: 10/29 (afternoon) (Original Post) Chichiri Oct 2012 OP
If you guys know a poll aggregator that should be added to this list... Chichiri Oct 2012 #1
What does the "T" stand for? FreeState Oct 2012 #2
Does Obama need 270 to win? Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2012 #3
Yes, 270 is the magic number in the electoral college. BlueDemKev Oct 2012 #4
looks like romney is nowhere near that Rosa Luxemburg Oct 2012 #5
Well, don't count your chickens just yet... BlueDemKev Oct 2012 #7
looking good O JanT Oct 2012 #6

FreeState

(10,572 posts)
2. What does the "T" stand for?
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 07:53 PM
Oct 2012

Electoral-vote.com: O 280, R 235, T 23 (O-4, T+4)

Tie? Im clueless apparently

BlueDemKev

(3,003 posts)
7. Well, don't count your chickens just yet...
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 09:38 PM
Oct 2012

Romney may have only 191 electoral votes locked down, but it's not impossible for him to reach 270:

North Carolina (15)
Florida (29)
Virginia (13)
Ohio (18)
Colorado (9)

Those five states would give Romney 275 EV's. And if he pulls an upset in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, or Minnesota, all bets will be off.

JanT

(229 posts)
6. looking good O
Mon Oct 29, 2012, 09:33 PM
Oct 2012

i will keep the faith and hope that the numbers are right. what does the R-15, T+15 mean?

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