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2008 Projected Presidential Electoral Votes as of 1/21/2008
InTrade ^ | Monday, January 21, 2008 | Momaw Nadon

Posted on 01/21/2008 9:03:54 AM PST by Momaw Nadon



TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008; 2008election; election; electionpresident; elections; electoral; electoralvotes; intrade; presidential; projected; votes
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Intrade.com is a futures market in which people bet on the outcomes of various things such as the results of elections.

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 2008 Presidential Election.

If the traders are correct, the Republican Presidential candidate would receive 234 Electoral Votes and the Democratic Presidential candidate would receive 304 Electoral Votes.

If the weighted probabilities of the Republican Presidential candidate winning in the states are added up, and then divided by 538, and multiplied by 100, then the Republican Presidential candidate should get 235.08 Electoral Votes.

270 Electoral Votes are needed to win the Presidency.

Opinions and commentary are welcome.

1 posted on 01/21/2008 9:03:57 AM PST by Momaw Nadon
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Previous projections:

2008 Projected Presidential Electoral Votes as of 1/14/2008
2008 Projected Presidential Electoral Votes as of 1/7/2008

2 posted on 01/21/2008 9:04:14 AM PST by Momaw Nadon ("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
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3 posted on 01/21/2008 9:04:39 AM PST by Momaw Nadon ("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
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To: Aeronaut; angkor; annyokie; beckysueb; BlessedByLiberty; bluefish; Bogeygolfer; Brandon; ...
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4 posted on 01/21/2008 9:05:24 AM PST by Momaw Nadon ("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
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Colorado is at 50.0% today.

The bid price is 45.0 and the ask price is 55.0. These average to 50.0.

Thus, the tie goes to the Democratic Presidential candidate due to voter fraud.

5 posted on 01/21/2008 9:05:55 AM PST by Momaw Nadon ("...with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny in our world.")
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To: Momaw Nadon
This doesn't surprise me much, as "Unknown Democrat" seems to almost always beat "Unknown Republican" in the polls.

Let's see what the numbers start to say once we actually know for sure who the real candidates turn out to be.

6 posted on 01/21/2008 9:06:58 AM PST by jpl (Dear Al Gore: it's 3:00 A.M., do you know where your drug addicted son is?)
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To: Momaw Nadon

President Bush better put a bunch of stuff in place now.


7 posted on 01/21/2008 9:07:26 AM PST by yldstrk (My heros have always been cowboys--Reagan and Bush)
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To: Momaw Nadon

Ohio, Colorado, New Mexico, Missouri, and Iowa all trending blue. It doesn’t look good for the GOP this November, no matter who the nominee is.


8 posted on 01/21/2008 9:09:13 AM PST by LiveFree99
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To: Momaw Nadon

1. The trend is in our favor.
2. This is a bit ridiculous at this stage since we don’t have nominations.


9 posted on 01/21/2008 9:11:00 AM PST by enough_idiocy (Romney/Thompson or Steele '08)
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To: Momaw Nadon

That’s a swing of 35 EV. That’s not too bad.


10 posted on 01/21/2008 9:17:16 AM PST by Perdogg (Huckabee got his foreign policy from IHOP, McCain got his immigration policy from The Waffle House)
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To: Momaw Nadon

The last few polls have shown one of two Republicans winning OH. But it’s been mixed. Still, it’s way too early to put OH in the Dem column, esp. if the candidate is Clinton.


11 posted on 01/21/2008 9:18:11 AM PST by LS (CNN is the Amtrak of News)
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To: Momaw Nadon

Fuggettaboudit.

Romney brings the north (MI, IA, MO)

Game over.


12 posted on 01/21/2008 9:33:36 AM PST by Technocrat (Romney-Thompson 2008. Or vice versa.)
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To: Technocrat

Romney might have a good chance in Ohio as well, if hecontinues to talk about economic issues.


13 posted on 01/21/2008 9:37:32 AM PST by Loyal Buckeye
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To: Technocrat

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2008/president/national.html

Romney can’t win squat in the general election.


14 posted on 01/21/2008 9:42:25 AM PST by whathappenedtous
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To: whathappenedtous

Romney is a machine, and after tomorrow, nobody will care about anything but the economy.


15 posted on 01/21/2008 9:46:48 AM PST by Technocrat (Romney-Thompson 2008. Or vice versa.)
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To: Technocrat
Romney is a machine, and after tomorrow, nobody will care about anything but the economy.

What's so special about tomorrow?

16 posted on 01/21/2008 9:50:13 AM PST by Ancesthntr (I’ve joined the Frederation.)
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To: whathappenedtous

Pre-mature speculation. I hear they have drugs for this now.


17 posted on 01/21/2008 9:56:23 AM PST by listenhillary (A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you have.)
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To: listenhillary
Pre-mature speculation. I hear they have drugs for this now.

Nope. It's "Electile Disfunction" - mostly affects RuPaul.

18 posted on 01/21/2008 9:59:37 AM PST by frankenMonkey (101st Army Dad)
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To: Momaw Nadon

Once Hillary is declared the Dem nominee I bet a number of those states turn red.


19 posted on 01/21/2008 10:12:11 AM PST by abercrombie_guy_38
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To: LS
Still, it’s way too early to put OH in the Dem column, esp. if the candidate is Clinton.

Or Obama for that matter in fact he might have a harder time given the racial preferences of the swing voters of this state.

20 posted on 01/21/2008 10:15:27 AM PST by NeoCaveman (El Rushbo head of the El Conservativo tribe)
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