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grantcart

(53,061 posts)
Sat Aug 4, 2012, 11:33 AM Aug 2012

Nate Silver's daily forecast. 8/4 President Obama 71% Romney 29% chance of winning.

Go here to see how Silver's daily forcast looks like. Everyday he makes adjustments based on S & P 500, unemployment, new polls, etc. He breaks it down state by state so it reflects the Electoral College.

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/author/nate-silver/

You have two tabs to choose from, what he is estimating Nov. 6 will look like and what would happen if the election were held today.

If it were held today then the numbers go up even more for the President 75/25.



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Nate Silver's daily forecast. 8/4 President Obama 71% Romney 29% chance of winning. (Original Post) grantcart Aug 2012 OP
Hmmm liberallibral Aug 2012 #1
Silver uses a deep statistical background on each state's historical voting record. grantcart Aug 2012 #2
That is one of my go-to sites every day...along with TPM (and DU of course!) NRaleighLiberal Aug 2012 #3
Still Flashmann Aug 2012 #4
BUT WE ALL MUST VOTE! we don't want people thinking they can stay home. eom ellenfl Aug 2012 #5
 

liberallibral

(272 posts)
1. Hmmm
Sat Aug 4, 2012, 11:47 AM
Aug 2012

I don't think any of the polls really matter, until around September, and after the debates take place...

Having said that, it's nice to see Obama ahead in all of them!

grantcart

(53,061 posts)
2. Silver uses a deep statistical background on each state's historical voting record.
Sat Aug 4, 2012, 01:04 PM
Aug 2012

He also has a very convincing well documented argument on why the President's numbers are almost certainly under reported by a couple of points.
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