Tuesday, November 4, 2008

Prediction Contest

OK people. Time to play the role of Carnac the Magnificent and predict how many electoral votes Obama will receive on Tuesday. All predictions posted before 1PM EST (10AM PST) on Tuesday are eligible for a prize (plus bragging rights) going to the person who is closest to the real total (though you may want to be something other than "anonymous" if you want to claim your prize). You can use the CNN Electoral College Calculator to help make your prediction or you can use the widget over to the right. Post your prediction in the comments section of this post.

14 comments:

Larry Becker said...

My prediction is 364 with Obama winning (among battlegrounds) Indiana, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Nevada.

Lonce said...

My prediction is 355. Obama does not win Ohio but does win Missu and Florida and NC and Virgina

Recovering political scientist said...

My prediction is 338.

I hope the Porsche is silver...

Anonymous said...

Obama 290 but loses Fl, Oh, In, NC

Unknown said...

326 for Obama. He loses NC, IN, MO, and FL. Wins VA, NV, OH, and (with a huge African-American turnout) GA.

Russ deForest said...

My (ever optimistic) prediction is 379.

Chris Shortell said...

I'm going to be optimistic and say 378, with Obama taking Nevada, Colorado, Montana, Missouri, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, North Carolina, and Florida.

Anonymous said...

My prediction is.....

Obama 378
McCain 160

And as former heavyweight champion of the world, Clubber Lang once said when asked of his prediction, simply, "pain."

59 Senate seats for the Dems as well.

Anonymous said...

shoot.....Shortell beat me to it. I'll go with:

o - 353
m-185

Obama takes VA,GA,FL,OH

weird prediction but shortell, the clinton apologist, took my action.

Chris Shortell said...

"shortell, the clinton apologist"

Careful. In some jurisdictions that can qualify as libel.

Juju said...

My prediction is Obama 375. Obama takes NC, IN, OH, MO, FL, VA, PA, NV. McCain takes GA, MT, ND, AZ. My popular vote prediction is Obama by 7%.

Anonymous said...

sorry shortell, becker paid me 5 bucks to do that.....

Larry Becker said...

Mitchell is on the record as predicting 286 for Obama

Anonymous said...

I'm going with that baseball statistician guy. It’s all about the numbers. So my guess is 348.6