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Forum: Politics 11-08-2012, 11:31 PM
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Posted By ute4ever
More on Nate Silver's sudden popularity: ...

More on Nate Silver's sudden popularity:
http://storify.com/assignmentdesk1/drunknatesilver
Forum: Politics 11-08-2012, 10:19 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 10,382
Posted By ute4ever
FWIW, it's true that the Democrats have received...

FWIW, it's true that the Democrats have received the highest popular vote in 5 of the past 6 presidential elections; however, of the 4 elections where they took control of the White House, this was...
Forum: Politics 11-07-2012, 12:06 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 10,382
Posted By ute4ever
True. A better way of wording it would have...

True. A better way of wording it would have been, of the polls that Silver currently uses, which have been active since 1988, they have been 96% accurate.

His final electoral projection as of...
Forum: Politics 11-05-2012, 07:11 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 10,382
Posted By ute4ever
Dating back to the 1988 election, Nate Silver's...

Dating back to the 1988 election, Nate Silver's state-by-state polls have been 96% accurate...
Forum: Politics 11-05-2012, 06:53 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 10,382
Posted By ute4ever
Allegedly, 81% of the world hopes that Obama...

Allegedly, 81% of the world hopes that Obama wins. Of the 36 nations polled, only China favored Romney.
...
Forum: Politics 11-05-2012, 06:40 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 10,382
Posted By ute4ever
Nate Silver does tend to lean left. If we look...

Nate Silver does tend to lean left. If we look elsewhere, such as to Wall Street and Las Vegas where they use trading/gambling instead of polling, Obama is presently a 66.8% favorite on Intrade...
Forum: Politics 10-29-2012, 02:52 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 10,382
Posted By ute4ever
UPDATE One week left, and there was an...

UPDATE

One week left, and there was an upswing for Obama since last Monday. Presently his probability of winning is 74.6% (+7.0), with 297 electoral votes (+9).

A natural disaster is headed...
Forum: Politics 10-22-2012, 06:03 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 10,382
Posted By ute4ever
Agreed, however few people expect them to stick...

Agreed, however few people expect them to stick to foreign policy. Each "answer" will be 10% vaguely addressing the question and 90% trash talking one another on unrelated matters.


Agreed again.
Forum: Politics 10-22-2012, 04:14 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 10,382
Posted By ute4ever
UPDATE Two weeks left. Obama's probability...

UPDATE

Two weeks left. Obama's probability of winning is up 1.6 from a week ago to 67.6%. Although most say that he narrowly "won" the second debate, he not receive nearly the same bounce as...
Forum: Politics 10-15-2012, 09:12 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 10,382
Posted By ute4ever
UPDATE With 3 weeks left, Obama's...

UPDATE

With 3 weeks left, Obama's probability of winning has dropped to 66.0%, down from 78.4% last week. The current electoral forecast is 289 Obama, 249 Romney.

Also, of the 9 swing states...
Forum: Politics 10-08-2012, 04:55 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 10,382
Posted By ute4ever
UPDATE Now with only 4 weeks left, Obama's...

UPDATE

Now with only 4 weeks left, Obama's probability has dipped to 78.4%, from last Monday's 85.1%. The electoral forecast now sits at 308 to 230, down from 320 to 218.

Interestingly, last...
Forum: Politics 10-04-2012, 03:40 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 10,382
Posted By ute4ever
LOL. These two candidates certainly looked...

LOL.

These two candidates certainly looked like one has been through twenty debates over the past year, while it was the other's first in four years. Still, you would expect some preparation by...
Forum: Politics 10-01-2012, 04:13 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 10,382
Posted By ute4ever
Update: now with five weeks to go, current...

Update: now with five weeks to go, current state-by-state poll numbers have Obama's likelihood of winning up to 85.1%. Electoral vote of 320 to 218.

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/
...
Forum: Politics 09-27-2012, 12:45 AM
Replies: 29
Views: 10,382
Posted By ute4ever
NY Times: as of 9/24, Obama has an 81.9% probability of winning

17 of the past 18 candidates who lead in the polls with 45 days remaining, won the election. The lone loss was Dewey to Truman.
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