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 291 Electoral Votes and John Kerry would receive 247 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 277.23 Electoral Votes.
270 Electoral Votes are needed to win the Presidency.
Opinions and commentary are welcome.
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14.7% chance of Bush winning New Jersey? That seems way cheap.
NJ is going to go to Bush, the big MO here has been moving in his direction for several weeks and is now a DEAD HEAT! Bush is coming to NJ today to campaign.
New Jersey is BUSH COUNTRY!
Edwards sure was a horrible choice for Veep. North and South Carolina are around 90%+ for Bush.
If that's indicative of Kerry's ability to surround himself with effective people, I'm not impressed.
It is an interesting fact that roughly speaking 1/3 of electoral college votes are 90% or more for Bush (178), 1/3 10% or less for Bush (164), and 1/3 between the two (196).
This would seem to mitigate against an utter landslide for either side.
This is great until the 'rats steal the Florida and Ohio vote by massive fraud. I am really worried the election will be stolen from us.
I know a lot of Ohioans are saying Ohio is a lock for GWB, but the fraud has me worried. It's not a comforting thought to realize this election will be won or lost by fraud and Liberal lawyers/courts in just a few states.
The Liberals are turning us into a Banana Republic in their quest for control.
Only 15 more days until we don't have to look at Election 2004 polls anymore...
| 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 |
| 08/23 | 41.8% | 264.3 | 34.5 |
| 08/30 | 56.1% | 276.4 | 35.0 |
| 09/06 | 65.0% | 284.1 | 35.0 |
| 09/13 | 73.7% | 291.5 | 34.2 |
| 09/20 | 80.1% | 297.3 | 33.4 |
| 09/27 | 81.0% | 298.9 | 33.9 |
| 10/04 | 69.1% | 286.3 | 32.5 |
| 10/11 | 57.1% | 276.4 | 32.4 |
| 10/18 | 58.5% | 277.2 | 31.8 |
Somebody has been trying to play the national market at TradeSports.
Has anyone seen signs of that going on in the state markets?
So, if this is accurate, it still comes down to Ohio...That makes me nervous, but I also remeber seeing somewhere here on FR that the Bush team in Ohio is organized for GOTV down to the precinct level, and they are so well organized that it literally has the Kerry campaign scared.