Outlook 2004 Crystal Ball
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Sunday, October 31, 2004; Page B01
Halloween seems an appropriate time to ask 13 political wizards to dust off their Crystal Balls, apply a bit of Windex to their orbs and offer prognostications for the denouement of campaign 2004. Will George W. Bush win a return trip to Pennsylvania Avenue, or will he earn a one-way ticket to his Crawford ranch and be haunted forevermore by the specter of John Kerry sitting in the Oval Office? Will the Democrats give the Republicans a fright in the battle for the Senate and House, or will voters say boo to the Democrats' efforts to regain control?
We asked our seers for six predictions: the popular vote percentages, the electoral college outcome, the composition of the Senate and the House, the gubernatorial breakdown and the margin of victory for Bush or Kerry in Florida. Just in case that didn't produce a winner, we tossed in two tie-breakers: projecting the results in the North Carolina and Colorado Senate races.
The contestants' electoral vote forecast dictated whether we used a red (Republican) or blue (Democratic) button to display their predictions.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinion/outlook/outlookCrystalBall04.htmlProbably trying to boost his audience for when CNN dies.