Posted on 09/05/2008 3:24:46 AM PDT by mattstat
When you have a chance, please log on to
and guess who will win the election this year.
This poll closes on 11:50 pm 14 September 2008. No guessing will take place after that. I will post this story a few times over the next week to maximize visibility.
I am testing the ability of people to guess elections at a point where the amount of information known about each candidate is roughly the same. The site is completely anonymous.
Please do not try and stuff the ballot box by voting more than once. I will not release any results until after the election is over. (I will also remove duplicate records.)
Please tell everybody you know, of every political background, liberal or conservative. Email them the link above. If you can, link to http://wmbriggs.com/blog/2008/09/05/predict-who-will-win-the-us-presidential-race/ on other blogs so that we get as large a sample as possible.
Please, pretty please answer the 6 questions honestly.
Once the election is over, the analysis will appear at this web site.
Thank you very much!
Done, ma I didn’t like it much...
Questions
Who will win the election? Not a Conservative
Who do you want to win? Fred Thompson
Select your majority political opinion: Conservative
Select your sex: Male
What is your age (nearest year)? Over 21
Thanks! Your response will be very helpful.
Wow, a site that lets you choose what sex you are.
Send this to San Francisco and put certain surgeons out of business...
Done...
It’s better than having somebody decide for you, no?
What is that suppose to mean?
“Wow, a site that lets you choose what sex you are.”
Why wasn’t there an “other”?
;)
interesting poll ping
It means that nobody’s response can be tied back to them. The results are anonymous. I do not save any IP, or cookie, or name, or anything.
Thanks.
Select your sex: Often............
I’ve got you. Thanks.
“Who will win the election? Not a Conservative”
Sarah Palin is a conservative. And she is already the big winner this election.
Why is female above male in all these online things now? It didn’t use to be like that.
Do we get a cookie if we win this poll?
Intrade is more fun because you can make money at it if you’re right.
There’s currently a 7 point swing over at Intrade in favor of McCuda.
Contract Bid Ask Last Vol Chge
2008.PRES.OBAMA
Barack Obama to win 2008 US Presidential Election M Trade 55.6 55.7 55.7 310169 -4.3
2008.PRES.McCAIN
John McCain to win 2008 US Presidential Election M Trade 43.0 44.1 43.0 430343 +3.4
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Here’s how I’ve been bumping Palin/Obama threads. Sung to the tune of “Oh! Susanna, don’t you cry for me.” .... “Oh, no Bama, please don’t lie to me... for I’m off to Free Republic with a laptop on my knee.”
I come from Minnesota with my laptop on my knee; | I’m goin’ to Free Republic my true love for to see. | It rained all night the day I left, | the weather it was dry; | The sun so hot I froze to death, | Obama don’t you lie. | | Oh! No Bama, don’t you lie to me; | I come from Minnesota, with my laptop on my knee.
I had a dream the other night, | When everything was still; | I thought I saw Obama dear, | A-coming for The Hill. | The smearing lie was in Duluth, | The tear was in his eye, | Said I, I’m coming for the truth | Obama don’t you lie. | | Oh! No Bama, don’t you lie to me; | I’m off to Free Republic, | with my laptop on my knee.
I fight in my pajamas, | It’s plain for all to see. | I aim to be the next Buckhead; | The media all hate me. | I fell in love with Sarah | When my sister bit a moose. | The Guvnor’s family ate it up | And then they set it loose. | | Oh! No Bama, don’t you lie to me; | I’m off to Free Republic, | with my laptop on my knee.
She loves her sons, she likes her guns, | and Triggernometry. | The media will jump the shark | When Juan makes history. | Well, JimRob knows she’ll pave the trolls | So controversially, | And Berg will knock Obama down | With friends of Hillary. | | Oh! No Bama, don’t you lie to me; | I’m off to Free Republic with a laptop on my knee.
I soon will be in Hawaii, | And then I’ll look all ‘round, | And when I find his birth record, | I’ll fall upon the ground. | But if I do not find it, | This Freeper’ll surely die, | And when I’m dead and buried, | Obama don’t you lie. | | Oh! No Bama, don’t you cry for me; | I’m off to Free Republic with a laptop on my knee.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2073903/posts?page=31#31
As he says. Please answer honestly. Thanks to Metmom for the heads up.
Interesting poll/questionaire. Look forward to the results.
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