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7/07 Election Model: How much FRAUD will it take to steal it this time?
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2008 ELECTION MODEL
A  Monte Carlo  Electoral  Vote  Simulation



Updated: July 7

  • ?click">Chart   State Poll Aggregate + Projection Trend
  • ?click">Chart   National 5-Poll Moving Average Projection
  • ?click">Chart   State vs. National: Vote Share Projection Trends
  • ?click">Chart   Battleground-State Polls
  • ?click">Chart   Battleground-State Win Probability
  • ?click">Chart   Obama Electoral Vote Simulation Frequency
  • ?click">Chart   Electoral Vote + Win Probability Trend
  • ?click">Chart   Electoral Vote + Projected Vote Share Trend
  • ?click">Chart   Undecided Voter Allocation + Win Probability
  • ?click">Chart   Monte Carlo Electoral Vote Simulation Trials
     2008 Election Model Fraud Analyzer 
  • Uncounted  &  Switched Votes
  • ?click">Chart   Effect on Obama Projected Vote Share
  • ?click">Chart   Effect on Obama Projected Electoral Vote
  •  
     
    This
    State
    National
    State
    National
    Monte Carlo
    Simulation

    Update
    Poll
    5-Poll
    2-party
    2-party
    Expected

    7/7/2008
    Aggregate
    Average
    Projection
    Projection
    ELECTORAL VOTE

    Obama
    McCain
     47.58 
     42.09 
     48.60 
     43.80 
    53.78
    46.22
    53.16
    46.84
    339
    199


        
    15-Poll
    Last Poll
    Sample
     
    NATIONAL MODEL
     
    5-Poll Mov Avg
     
    5-Poll MA, 2-party Proj
    Poll MA
    Project MA

    Trend
                          
    Gallup
    Rasmussen
    CNN
    DemCorp
    Time

    Bloomberg
    USA Today
    Newsweek
    FOX
    Rasmussen

    Gallup
    ABC/WP
    COOK/RT
    Zogby
    NBC/WSJ
    Date
            
    7/05
    7/02
    6/29
    6/25
    6/25

    6/23
    6/19
    6/19
    6/18
    6/18

    6/17
    6/15
    6/15
    6/14
    6/09
    Size
                  
    2620 RV
    3000 LV
    906 RV
    2000 RV
    805 RV

    1115 RV
    1310 LV
    896 RV
    900 RV
    3000 LV

    2605 RV
    --
    880 RV
    1113 LV
    1000 RV
     
    Obama
            
    48
    49
    50
    49
    47

    49
    50
    51
    45
    48

    47
    49
    44
    47
    47
    McCain
            
    42
    44
    45
    45
    43

    37
    44
    36
    41
    45

    42
    45
    40
    42
    41
    Spread
            
    6
    5
    5
    4
    4

    12
    6
    15
    4
    3

    5
    4
    4
    5
    6
     
    Obama
            
    48.6
    48.8
    49.0
    49.2
    48.4

    48.6
    48.2
    48.0
    46.6
    47.0

    46.8
    46.2
    45.0
    46.0
    46.2
    McCain
            
    43.8
    42.8
    42.8
    41.0
    40.2

    40.6
    41.6
    41.8
    42.6
    42.8

    42.0
    42.0
    41.0
    42.2
    42.2
     
    Obama
            
    53.2
    53.8
    53.9
    55.1
    55.2

    55.1
    54.3
    54.1
    53.1
    53.1

    53.5
    53.3
    53.4
    53.1
    53.2
    McCain
            
    46.8
    46.2
    46.1
    44.9
    44.8

    44.9
    45.7
    45.9
    46.9
    46.9

    46.5
    46.7
    46.6
    46.9
    46.8
    Diff
            
    6.3
    7.7
    7.8
    10.2
    10.5

    10.2
    8.6
    8.2
    6.2
    6.2

    7.0
    6.6
    6.8
    6.2
    6.3
    Win Prob
              
    99.45
    99.93
    99.95
    100.00
    100.00

    100.00
    99.98
    99.96
    98.60
    98.90

    99.60
    99.02
    98.87
    98.26
    98.67
    Win Prob
              
    99.90
    99.99
    99.99
    100.00
    100.00

    100.00
    100.00
    100.00
    99.87
    99.89

    99.97
    99.93
    99.96
    99.87
    99.90
     

     

    If a fraud-free election was held today, the model projects Obama as the winner with 339 electoral votes and 53.8% of the two-party vote.
    But past is prologue: we would be foolish to assume a fraud-free election.

    The Election Model includes two key fraud variable factors: uncounted and switched votes. These factors are never mentioned in
    election forecasting models which permeate the media and the internet. It’s 2008 and nothing on fraud from professional pollsters,
    political forecasters in academia, media pundits or liberal bloggers on their web sites. But then again, it’s understandable. Why should
    any of these interested parties discuss fraud, when only a few Democratic politicians even dare to? No one wants to rock the boat. Unlike
    impeachment, the dirty little secret of election fraud has always been off the table in Congress.

    The Election Model calculates projected vote shares and the electoral vote over a range of 36 uncounted and switched vote scenarios. The
    scenarios range from the True Vote (zero votes uncounted, zero switched) to Massive Fraud (5% uncounted, 5% switched). This sensitivity
    analysis tool enables one to view the effects of various combinations of uncounted and switched vote rates. Historical evidence shows that
    the vast majority of uncounted ballots are found in heavily Democratic minority precincts. Therefore, it is assumed that Obama will win
    75% of uncounted votes.

    The base case projection (339 EV; 53.8% 2-party vote share) assumes zero fraud. But if 4% of total votes cast are uncounted and there is
    no vote switching, the model projects that Obama will have 312 EV and 52.9%. McCain would need at least 4% of Obama's votes switched to
    his column to win with 270 EV. The only way he can win is to emulate Bush in 2004: significant vote-switching on touch screen DREs and
    optical scanners. Is it just coincidental that Karl Rove is advising McCain?

    These graphs display the effects of uncounted and switched votes on Obama's projected EV and 2-party vote share.
    ?click">Effect of uncounted and switched votes on the projected vote share
    ?click">Effect of uncounted and switched votes on the electoral vote

    Electoral vote:  339199  EV.


    Popular vote share projection:
    53.8%  State model (aggregate average)
    53.2%  National model (5-poll average)

    Win probability:
    State
    100.0% — electoral vote (Monte Carlo simulation)
    99.99% — popular vote (2.0% MoE)
    99.32% — popular vote (3.0% MoE)

    National
    99.90% — popular vote (2.0% MoE)

    Latest poll averages:
    Obama 47.6 - McCain 42.1 (state aggregate)
    Obama 48.6 - McCain 43.8 (latest 5 national polls)

    Data source: http://www.electoral-vote.com/ and http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/us/general_election_mccain_vs_obama-225.html

    Undecided voter allocation (UVA) sensitivity analysis
    • UVA scenarios: 50, 55, 60, 65, 70% to Obama
    • Worst case (50%)
      52.8%, 314 EV, 99.6% EV win probability
    • Best case (70%)
      54.8%, 370 EV, 100% EV win probability

      The complete state and national polls and projections are shown below.

    In a true democracy, this would be a slam dunk for Obama:
    McCain supports the most unpopular president in history with 25% approval.

    But there’s a catch: It’s called Election Fraud.
    The Democratic True Vote is always greater than the Recorded Vote.
    A massive new voter registration and GOTV effort is required to overcome the fraud.
    • Approximately 3–4 million Obama votes will be uncounted.
    • Vote counts on DREs and central tabulators are unverifiable.
    On Election Day 2004, Bush had a 48% approval rating.
    The Final 2004 Election Model projected that Kerry would win 337-201 EV with 51.8%.
    Preliminary State and National exit polls also indicated that Kerry won.

    But Bush was the official winner by 50.7- 48.3% with 286 EV.
    And so the Final National Exit poll was forced to match the fraudulent recorded vote.
    The final state and national polls/projections are shown below.

    Calculation of Win Probabilities
    Electoral Vote - based on a 5000 election trial Monte Carlo simulation:
    • The EV win probability is the number of winning election trials/5000.
      The expected electoral vote is the average of the 5000 election trials.
    Popular Vote I - based on the State aggregate vote share projection:
    • The win probability is calculated using the Excel normal distribution function.
    • It is calculated for both a 2% and 3% margin of error (MoE).
    • If Obama’s projected vote share =V, his popular vote win probability is calculated by
      the Excel formula: = NORMDIST (V, .50, .02/1.96, true) assuming a 2.0% MoE.
    Popular Vote II - based on the latest 5 National poll average vote share projection:
    • The win probability is calculated using the Excel normal distribution function.
    • A 2.5% MoE is assumed for the projected 5-poll moving average (MA).
      The Excel formula: = NORMDIST (MA, .50, .025/1.96, true).
    Obama’s win probability in each state is also calculated by the normal distribution.
    The probabilities are based on 4% margin of error and the projected state vote share.
    • For example, assume that Obama is tied with McCain in the latest polls at 45%.
      With 60% of the undecided vote, he is projected to win the 2-party vote by 51-49%.
      His probability of winning is 69%: =NORMDIST (.51, .50, .04/1.96, TRUE)

    The 2008 Election Calculator
    This model determined that Obama will win the True Vote by 71 – 59m (54 - 45%).
    The True Vote is calculated based on applying vote shares to returning 2004 and new voters:
    • 2004 recorded vote, mortality, uncounted votes, 2004 voter turnout in 2008 and estimated vote shares.

    In projecting uncounted votes and voter turnout based on actual historical data, the model
    considers several components of fraud which are never addressed by political forecasters
    in academia, the media or on so-called liberal democratic websites.


    2008 True Vote Election Calculator Forecast
    Estimated vote share (see National Exit Poll)
    2004 Turnout Votes Mix Obama McCain Other
    DNV - 17.2 13.1% 59% 40% 1%
    Kerry 95% 60.5 46.2% 89% 10% 1%
    Bush 95% 51.6 39.4% 11% 88% 1%
    Other 95% 1.6 1.2% 70% 11% 19%
    Total 113.7 130.9 100.0% 54.1% 44.7% 1.2%
    130.9 70.8 58.5 1.6

    2004 Election Model Review
    The model produced a startling confirmation of the State and National models.
    • Both projected Kerry the winner with 51.8% of the two-party vote.
      The final national 5-poll moving average projection was 51.8%.
      The final national 18-poll moving average projection was 51.6%.
    • The Monte Carlo simulation gave Kerry an expected 337 electoral votes in the base case.
    • In the base case scenario Kerry was assumed to win 75% of the undecided vote (UVA base case scenario).


    The Election Model projections were based on state and national Pre-election polls and UVA.
    Kerry’s projected vote share was within 2.0% of his exit poll share in 23 states.
    Kerry’s aggregate projected vote share (51.0%) was within 0.8% of his unadjusted exit poll share (51.8%).
    The 12:22am Preliminary National Exit Poll indicated that Kerry won by 5148%.

    Exit Pollsters Edison-Mitofsky released their 2004 Evaluation report in Jan 2005:
    The state Within Precinct Error (WPE) is the average deviation between the unadjusted exit poll and the vote.
    It is more appropriately called Within Precinct Discrepancy (WPD).

    Kerry won the unadjusted (WPD) aggregate state exit poll by 51.8 – 47.2%.
    • The average WPD exceeded 4.0 in 34 states for Bush and just 2 states for Kerry.
    • The WPD was under 2.0 in 8 heavily Republican states (AR, ID, IN, KS, KY, MT, OK, TN).
    • It was under 2.0 in just one Democratic state: OR is the only state which votes exclusively by paper ballot.

    The   1:25pm FINAL National Exit Poll indicated that  Kerry lost by 4851%.
    Either all state and national projected Pre-election polls and preliminary Exit polls were wrong, or the Recorded Vote was fraudulent.

    The Election Calculator Model used 12:22am NEP vote shares applied to returning and new voters.
    It determined that Kerry won a 67–57 million landslide, 53.2 - 45.4%.
    2004 Calculated True Vote
    12:22am NEP vote share

    2000 Turnout Voted Mix Kerry Bush Other


    DNV - 25.6 20.4% 57% 41% 2%
    Gore 95% 49.7 39.5% 91% 8% 1%
    Bush 95% 46.6 37.1% 10% 90% 0%
    Other 95% 3.8 3.0% 64% 17% 19%

    Total 100.1 125.7 100% 53.2% 45.4% 1.4%
    Votes cast 125.7 66.9 57.1 1.7

    Recorded Vote (actual) 122.3 59.0 62.0 1.2
    48.3% 50.7% 1.0%


    Unadjusted Exit Poll 51.9% 47.1% 1.0%
    Deviation from True Vote -1.3% +1.7% -0.4%
    Election Forecasting Methodology
    Two basic methods are used to forecast presidential elections:
    1. Vote share projections based on the latest state and national polls

      In the Election Model, state and national projections are based on the latest polls.
      Both state and national models allocate undecided voters to project the two-party vote.
      The state model uses Monte Carlo simulation to determine the expected electoral vote.
      The Election Model assumes the election is held on the latest poll date.

    2. Projections based on historical time-series data (regression models).
      These models forecast vote-share only and are usually executed months in advance of the election.

    Monte Carlo Electoral Vote Simulation Overview
    The objective is to calculate the expected electoral vote and win probability.
    The win probability for each state is calculated based on the current projection.

    For each of 5000 election trials, the winner of a state is determined as follows:
    Obama's state win probability is compared to a random number (RND) between zero and one.
    If the probability is less than RND, Obama wins the state EV, else McCain.

    The winner of the election trial is the candidate who has at least 270 electoral votes.
    The EV win probability is simply the number of winning election trials divided by 5000.

    2004 Registered Voter (RV) vs. Likely Voter (LV) Polls
    The national pre-election RV polls were closer to the True Vote than likely voter LV polls.
    The LV polls, after adjustments, matched the RVs — and the unadjusted exit polls.

    Other links:
    Latest 2008 Election Model

    Confirmation of A Kerry Landslide
    Election Fraud Analytics and Response to the TruthIsAll FAQ

    Excel Models available for download:
    The Election Calculator: 1988-2004
    2004 Interactive Simulation Model
    A Polling Simulation Model
    2000-2004 County Vote Database

    Aggregate State and National Polls and Projections
    Undecided-Voter allocation effect on projected vote share, EV and win probability

    THE 2008 ELECTION MODEL

    Last
    State
    National
    State
    National
    Monte Carlo
    Simulation

    Update
    Poll
    5-Poll
    2-party
    2-party
    Expected

    7/7/2008
    Aggregate
    Average
    Projection
    Projection
    EV

    Obama
    McCain
    47.58
    42.09
    48.60
    43.8
    53.78
    46.22
    53.16
    46.84
    339
    199



    Sensitivity Analysis

    Undecided Voter Allocation Assumption
    Obama
    50%
    55%
    60%
    65%
    70%


    State model: Projected weighted average vote share
    Obama
    McCain
    52.75
    47.25
    53.26
    46.74
    53.78
    46.22
    54.30
    45.70
    54.81
    45.19


    MoE Probability Obama wins popular vote (normal distribution)
    2.0 %
    3.0 %
    99.6
    96.4
    99.9
    98.3
    99.99
    99.32
    100
    99.7
    100
    99.9


    Monte Carlo Probability Obama wins electoral vote (trial wins/ 5000)
    Win
    Probability
    4958
    99.2
    4990
    99.8
    5000
    100
    4999
    100
    5000
    100


    Obama Average Electoral Vote
    Average
    Median
    314
    313
    325
    324
    339
    338
    354
    353
    370
    369


    Maximum
    Minimum
    388
    241
    403
    262
    419
    272
    439
    263
    449
    282


    95% Confidence Level
    Upper
    Lower
    355
    274
    367
    284
    382
    295
    399
    308
    418
    321


    States Won
    26
    26
    27
    29
    32

     

     
    2008 POLLING ANALYSIS AND PROJECTIONS

    State Model
    State Polls Pre-Undecided Voter Allocation
    Projection
    Win
    Trial
    Flip to

    Total

    AL
    AK
    AZ
    AR
    CA

    CO
    CT
    DC
    DE
    FL

    GA
    HI
    ID
    IL
    IN

    IA
    KS
    KY
    LA
    ME

    MD
    MA
    MI
    MN
    MS

    MO
    MT
    NE
    NV
    NH

    NJ
    NM
    NY
    NC
    ND

    OH
    OK
    OR
    PA
    RI

    SC
    SD
    TN
    TX
    UT

    VT
    VA
    WA
    WV
    WI
    WY
    EV
    538

    9
    3
    10
    6
    55

    9
    7
    3
    3
    27

    15
    4
    4
    21
    11

    7
    6
    8
    9
    4

    10
    12
    17
    10
    6

    11
    3
    5
    5
    4

    15
    5
    31
    15
    3

    20
    7
    7
    21
    4

    8
    3
    11
    34
    5

    3
    13
    11
    5
    10
    3
    Obama
    47.6 %

    36
    41
    34
    40
    56

    46
    55
    90
    50
    44

    44
    61
    39
    60
    48

    47
    37
    35
    36
    55

    52
    53
    48
    51
    44

    43
    48
    36
    42
    50

    49
    48
    59
    43
    38

    47
    38
    48
    48
    53

    39
    34
    36
    39
    31

    63
    46
    55
    37
    50
    40
    McCain
    42.1 %

    51
    45
    44
    47
    36

    43
    35
    9
    41
    47

    50
    31
    52
    31
    47

    42
    47
    51
    52
    33

    39
    37
    40
    42
    50

    47
    43
    52
    45
    39

    33
    43
    33
    45
    44

    43
    52
    45
    40
    25

    48
    51
    51
    48
    55

    29
    48
    40
    45
    40
    53
    Diff
    5.5 %

    (15)
    (4)
    (10)
    (7)
    20

    3
    20
    81
    9
    (3)

    (6)
    30
    (13)
    29
    1

    5
    (10)
    (16)
    (16)
    22

    13
    16
    8
    9
    (6)

    (4)
    5
    (16)
    (3)
    11

    16
    5
    26
    (2)
    (6)

    4
    (14)
    3
    8
    28

    (9)
    (17)
    (15)
    (9)
    (24)

    34
    (2)
    15
    (8)
    10
    (13)
    BO EV
    307





    55

    9
    7
    3
    3



    4

    21
    11

    7



    4

    10
    12
    17
    10



    3


    4

    15
    5
    31



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    21
    4







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    Obama
    53.8 %

    43.8
    49.4
    47.2
    47.8
    60.8

    52.6
    61.0
    55.4
    90.6
    49.4

    47.6
    65.8
    44.4
    65.4
    51.0

    53.6
    46.6
    43.4
    43.2
    62.2

    57.4
    59.0
    55.2
    55.2
    47.6

    49.0
    53.4
    43.2
    49.8
    56.6

    59.8
    53.4
    63.8
    50.2
    48.8

    53.0
    44.0
    52.2
    55.2
    66.2

    46.8
    43.0
    43.8
    46.8
    39.4

    67.8
    49.6
    58.0
    47.8
    56.0
    44.2
    Probability
    100.0 %

    0.1
    38.2
    8.1
    13.6
    100.0

    90.3
    100.0
    99.7
    100.0
    38.2

    11.5
    100.0
    0.3
    100.0
    69.1

    96.4
    4.5
    0.0
    0.0
    100.0

    100.0
    100.0
    99.5
    99.5
    11.5

    30.9
    95.5
    0.0
    46.0
    100.0

    100.0
    95.5
    100.0
    54.0
    27.4

    93.3
    0.1
    86.4
    99.5
    100.0

    5.5
    0.0
    0.1
    5.5
    0.0

    100.0
    42.1
    100.0
    13.6
    99.9
    0.2
    EV
    339





    55

    9
    7
    3
    3



    4

    21
    11

    7



    4

    10
    12
    17
    10



    3


    4

    15
    5
    31
    15


    20

    7
    21
    4







    3

    11

    10


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    AL
    AK
    AZ
    AR
    CA

    CO
    CT
    DC
    DE
    FL

    GA
    HI
    ID
    IL
    IN

    IA
    KS
    KY
    LA
    ME

    MD
    MA
    MI
    MN
    MS

    MO
    MT
    NE
    NV
    NH

    NJ
    NM
    NY
    NC
    ND

    OH
    OK
    OR
    PA
    RI

    SC
    SD
    TN
    TX
    UT

    VT
    VA
    WA
    WV
    WI
    WY
    National Model
        
    15-poll
    Last Poll
    Sample
     
    NATIONAL MODEL
     
    5-Poll Mov Avg
     
    5-Poll MA, 2-party Proj
     
    MoE: 2.0%

    Trend
                          
    Gallup
    Rasmussen
    CNN
    DemCorp
    Time

    Bloomberg
    USA Today
    Newsweek
    FOX
    Rasmussen

    Gallup
    ABC/WP
    COOK/RT
    Zogby
    NBC/WSJ
    Date
            
    7/05
    7/02
    6/29
    6/25
    6/25

    6/23
    6/19
    6/19
    6/18
    6/18

    6/17
    6/15
    6/15
    6/14
    6/09
    Size
                  
    2620 RV
    3000 LV
    906 RV
    2000 RV
    805 RV

    1115 RV
    1310 LV
    896 RV
    900 RV
    3000 LV

    2605 RV
    --
    880 RV
    1113 LV
    1000 RV
     
    Obama
            
    48
    49
    50
    49
    47

    49
    50
    51
    45
    48

    47
    49
    44
    47
    47
    McCain
            
    42
    44
    45
    45
    43

    37
    44
    36
    41
    45

    42
    45
    40
    42
    41
    Spread
            
    6
    5
    5
    4
    4

    12
    6
    15
    4
    3

    5
    4
    4
    5
    6
     
    Obama
            
    48.6
    48.8
    49.0
    49.2
    48.4

    48.6
    48.2
    48.0
    46.6
    47.0

    46.8
    46.2
    45.0
    46.0
    46.2
    McCain
            
    43.8
    42.8
    42.8
    41.0
    40.2

    40.6
    41.6
    41.8
    42.6
    42.8

    42.0
    42.0
    41.0
    42.2
    42.2
     
    Obama
            
    53.2
    53.8
    53.9
    55.1
    55.2

    55.1
    54.3
    54.1
    53.1
    53.1

    53.5
    53.3
    53.4
    53.1
    53.2
    McCain
            
    46.8
    46.2
    46.1
    44.9
    44.8

    44.9
    45.7
    45.9
    46.9
    46.9

    46.5
    46.7
    46.6
    46.9
    46.8
    Diff
            
    6.3
    7.7
    7.8
    10.2
    10.5

    10.2
    8.6
    8.2
    6.2
    6.2

    7.0
    6.6
    6.8
    6.2
    6.3
    Win Prob
              
    99.45
    99.93
    99.95
    100.00
    100.00

    100.00
    99.98
    99.96
    98.60
    98.90

    99.60
    99.02
    98.87
    98.26
    98.67
    Win Prob
              
    99.90
    99.99
    99.99
    100.00
    100.00

    100.00
    100.00
    100.00
    99.87
    99.89

    99.97
    99.93
    99.96
    99.87
    99.90

     

     



     

     

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    Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 01:00 AM
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    1. Obama will win by such a landslide that the Republicans won't be able to steal it this time.
    Edited on Tue Jul-08-08 01:00 AM by Alexander
    They can only get away with stealing close elections, and only sometimes (New Hampshire phone-jamming scandal, anyone?). If they try to steal a landslide election, it becomes obvious the process is a farce.

    McCain has jack shit for organization, and Obama's playing mostly on Republican turf, since most blue states are going to stay blue this year.

    There will be so many states in play that the Republicans won't know where to steal, and even if they do rig one big state like Florida, Obama could win so many more small states that it won't make a difference.
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    tiptoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 07:25 AM
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    2. Obama's been making inroads even in AZ, McCain's home state. (Different spins on same poll)
    http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/30/poll-obama-gaining-on-mcc_n_109965.html
    In a new Rasmussen poll, McCain only leads by nine points in his home state. He trails Obama by six points with women.

    A Cronkite/Eight poll last week found McCain was only ahead ten points in Arizona, with 34% of the electorate still undecided.

    A few weeks ago McCain himself suggested that he could lose Arizona, calling his home a "swing state" even though it voted Republican in every presidential election but one since 1952.


    http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/view/arizona_electoral_college/
    Abstract: (Angus Reid Global Monitor) - Republican John McCain is set to carry his home state of Arizona in this year’s United States presidential election, according to a poll by Rasmussen Reports. 49 per cent of respondents in the Grand Canyon State would vote for their U.S. senator, while 40 per cent would back Democratic Illinois senator Barack Obama.
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    harun Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 07:29 AM
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    3. I hope you are right. I think the media gives Repub's +3 and the
    fraud gives them another +3 in every presidential election. So we have to win by 7. I think it will be a big enough landslide that the media and fraud won't mean jack.
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    phrigndumass Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 07:35 AM
    Response to Original message
    4. The swing states are currently trading at 56% to 44%
    "As the swing states go, so goes the election"

    Obama winning 54% to 45% is very believable. Hope it will be a theft-proof margin.

    K/R, thanks tiptoe! :hi:
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    tiptoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 10:06 PM
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    5. July 8 update: A Simple Precinct/PC/Spreadsheet Solution to Eliminate Election Fraud
    Edited on Tue Jul-08-08 10:40 PM by tiptoe

    Vote counts on touch screens are lost in cyberspace. States using mechanical levers (NY, CT, etc.) had the highest error rates: gears can be shaved and the votes cannot be verified. Optical scanners (FL, PA, NH, etc.) have a paper trail, but they are never fully inspected for recounts. The chain of custody is often broken (see the NH primary). And if all else fails, the central tabulators finish the job as necessary.

    A simple solution would be for each precinct to install just ONE PC and spreadsheet software. Voters would fill out a paper ballot uniquely coded by precinct/voter ID. A copy is made available to the voter. The ballot is entered into the spreadsheet and cross-checked by three volunteers (Dem, Rep, Ind) as if it were a fully monitored recount.

    The precinct spreadsheet file is uploaded to the internet for public access. Precinct files are consolidated for district, county and state totals. The files would enable each voter to confirm his vote online by entering his unique voter ID code. A spreadsheet user could download all the state precinct files to check the totals. The networks would no longer be the source of incoming, fraudulent votes. Exit polls would match the online totals to within 1%.

    The solution is inexpensive, accurate and would serve the public interest. That is why it will never be implemented. There is no money in it. The voting machine manufacturers and corrupt election officials would fight it all the way. And of course, Congress would never do a cost/benefit analysis.
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    Virginian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 10:42 PM
    Response to Reply #5
    8. Too many chances of data entry errors.
    Who do you think runs the polling place? Some of those people don't type.

    There are usually more than one contest on the ballot in a presidential year. In 2004 we had a senate race, congressional races, three bond issues and two changes to the state constitution.

    We also have nearly 5,000 registered voters in our precinct. That's a lot of keystrokes for a half blind retired person to enter correctly.

    Your county probably needs people to work the polls. Find out what you can do to help. The object of the poll worker should be to run a fair and honest election so that there is no doubt as to who is the real winner. IE. to win honestly.
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    tiptoe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 11:29 PM
    Response to Reply #8
    9. Not as many "errors" as whn a FINAL EP is matched to recorded vote. Now THAT'S "Megascale" fraud. nt
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    Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 10:20 PM
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    6. thanks! Tiptoe
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    AtomicKitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jul-08-08 10:24 PM
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    7. Voter roll purging must be stopped!!!
    Obama is lawyered up, but we need to hedge our bets by ensuring voters have access to vote without impediment. That vigilance starts now.
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