[Momaw Nadon]

I went to TradeSports.com which is a futures market in which people bet on the outcomes of various things.

According to the current trading prices of the futures contracts, an estimate can be found of what traders are betting will be the outcome of 2004 Presidential Election.

If the traders are correct, President Bush would receive 274 Electoral Votes and John Kerry would receive 264 Electoral Votes.

If the weighted probabilities of President Bush winning in the states are added up, and then divided by 538, and multiplied by 100, then President Bush should get 264.94 Electoral Votes.

270 Electoral Votes are needed to win the Presidency.

Opinions and commentary are welcome.

[Momaw Nadon]

Previous projections:

2004 Projected Presidential Electoral Votes as of 8/9/2004
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[Momaw Nadon]

[Momaw Nadon]

[Momaw Nadon]

Florida is at 50.0% today.

The bid price is 50.1 and the ask price is 52.1. These average to 51.1.

Thus, the tie goes to President Bush.

[Momaw Nadon]

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[POA2]

This race remains a complete toss-up - which means the longer it continues this way the better off Kerry is -

GWB needs to start gaining a small but significant lead and soon -

The GWB reelection team waited way to long to get in the game - The 527 issue has killed us -

Though even with that this race still remains a toss-up - Which means it is still GWB race to lose -

[goldstategop]

The IEM showed a shift to Kerry. Tradesports still bets on Bush. We'll have a better idea of who's really ahead after the GOP Convention in New York next month.

[LS]

Bush holding steady for five weeks now. He appears to have bottomed, pending the GOP convention and, shall we say, "events" that may or may not take place. Either way, he still wins.

[Blood of Tyrants]

I probably ought to put some money on Bush. It is sort of like a gladiator betting on himself. If he wins, I make money, if he loses, it doesn't matter.

[kinsman redeemer]

ping

[RichardW]

Thanks for the info but anyone who claims to know who is going to win this election is smoking something. It is largely out of either's control to effect the outcome. If WMD or bin Laden is found Bush wins. If Iraq deteriorates and the economy stalls, Kerry wins.

[jdege]

Date	Prob. Bush Win	Mean EVs	Std. Dev.
01/21	96.8%	341.5	41.1
01/26	95.5%	334.8	40.6
02/02	92.2%	323.8	39.7
02/09	83.0%	307.8	40.3
02/16	78.4%	300.4	39.4
02/23	76.2%	298.2	39.6
03/01	74.5%	295.9	39.3
03/08	68.0%	289.2	39.8
03/15	68.0%	288.8	39.0
03/22	68.5%	289.3	38.8
03/29	69.4%	290.1	38.8
04/05	71.2%	292.3	39.1
04/12	70.4%	290.6	38.1
04/19	68.6%	288.1	36.7
04/26	64.9%	284.5	36.3
05/03	66.3%	285.7	36.3
05/10	65.6%	285.3	36.8
05/17	65.2%	284.8	36.6
05/24	60.0%	280.3	36.9
05/31	61.1%	281.2	36.8
06/07	60.5%	280.6	36.5
06/14	65.0%	285.0	36.6
06/21	63.9%	284.0	36.8
06/28	58.4%	278.8	36.7
07/05	58.7%	279.1	36.7
07/12	53.1%	274.2	36.5
07/19	48.2%	269.8	35.7
07/26	43.4%	265.6	35.0
08/02	42.1%	264.3	34.7
08/09	42.9%	265.2	34.5
08/16	42.6%	264.9	34.2