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Obama 348, Romney 190: UAH astrophysicist, who got it right twice before, predicts electoral results
The Huntsville Times ^ | Tuesday, October 02, 2012 | Challen Stephens

Posted on 10/03/2012 5:10:05 PM PDT by Condor 63

There is little suspense left in our presidential horse race, even in most of the so-called swing states, says astrophysicist and statistician Wes Colley.

The way he measures the poll data and his deceptively simple median method, which have correctly predicted the last two presidential elections, show President Obama has locked up Ohio and Virginia and cemented a small, but stable lead in Florida.

Bottom line: Obama is well on his way to re-election.

"I think the operative word is disaster if you're a Republican," said Colley on Monday. "I think the operative word is confidence if you're a Democrat."

"These things can swing a lot. But it would have to swing a lot a lot."

(Excerpt) Read more at blog.al.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections; US: Alabama; US: Arizona; US: Florida; US: Hawaii; US: Indiana; US: Missouri; US: New Jersey; US: North Carolina; US: North Dakota; US: Ohio; US: Oregon; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: alabama; arizona; disaster; florida; hawaii; indiana; missouri; northcarolina; northdakota; ohio; oregon; princeton; richardgott; stopconservatives; stoprepubvote; uahuntsville; ucla; virginia; voodoo; wescolley
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1 posted on 10/03/2012 5:10:10 PM PDT by Condor 63
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To: Condor 63
which have correctly predicted the last two presidential elections

Wow! That's some track record!

-PJ

2 posted on 10/03/2012 5:11:31 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too ( It doesn't I naturally when you're not natural born.)
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To: Condor 63

I’ll see what he says Nov. 7.


3 posted on 10/03/2012 5:11:34 PM PDT by AU72
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To: Condor 63

The US is doomed.


4 posted on 10/03/2012 5:12:43 PM PDT by SkyDancer ("OF COURSE I TALK TO MYSELF - Sometimes I need an expert opinion")
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To: Condor 63
Prediction only as good as the polls he's averaging.

Word if your Democrat: Oversampled. Translation: Overconfidence.

And that's how it should be going into the election.

5 posted on 10/03/2012 5:13:21 PM PDT by Publius Maximus (It was a nice Republic, while it lasted.)
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To: Political Junkie Too

Even a broken clock is right twice a day.


6 posted on 10/03/2012 5:13:58 PM PDT by mountn man (Happiness is not a destination, its a way of life.)
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To: Condor 63

Sorry Wes. When you put rabidly dishonest BS in your models, you get BS out.


7 posted on 10/03/2012 5:14:19 PM PDT by Flightdeck (If you hear me yell "Eject, Eject, Eject!" the last two will be echos...)
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To: Condor 63

Hey, genius Colley: What’s the “operative word” if you’re an American, huh?


8 posted on 10/03/2012 5:14:55 PM PDT by clintonh8r (Happy to be represented by Lt. Col. Allen West)
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To: Condor 63

The last two were easy.How did this “astrophysicist” do in 2000?


9 posted on 10/03/2012 5:15:59 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Ambassador Stevens Is Dead And The Chevy Volt Is Alive)
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To: Condor 63

Nevermind today’s Politico poll with Romney leading in the swing states.


10 posted on 10/03/2012 5:16:43 PM PDT by rwfromkansas ("Carve your name on hearts, not marble." - C.H. Spurgeon)
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“In ‘04, we only missed Hawaii.”

Well, if you can not predict Hawaii, DEMOCRAT all the time, what good are you?


11 posted on 10/03/2012 5:16:47 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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Well that's it! I'm just not voting. The election is over, some astophysicist I never heard of says it is. /sarcasm
12 posted on 10/03/2012 5:17:07 PM PDT by apillar
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190!?!

that would mean Obama wins North Carolina, which is impossible.


13 posted on 10/03/2012 5:17:16 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: Condor 63

I successfully predicted the outcome of the last two Presidential elections too. It was based on bowel movements on the day 16 days before the elction.


14 posted on 10/03/2012 5:18:56 PM PDT by dinoparty
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To: dinoparty

LOL


15 posted on 10/03/2012 5:20:13 PM PDT by angcat (ROMNEY/RYAN 2012)
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To: dinoparty

SHOCK POLL

Romney now up +4 in toss up states!

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/10/03/politico-romney-up-four-in-toss-up-states


16 posted on 10/03/2012 5:20:27 PM PDT by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama lied .. the economy died.)
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To: Condor 63

This is politics, not rocket science...

(or brain surgery, unless you count lobotomized Libs)


17 posted on 10/03/2012 5:20:53 PM PDT by mikrofon (NObama '12)
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"I think the operative word is disaster if you're a Republican," said Colley on Monday. "I think the operative word is confidence if you're a Democrat."

I think a lot of people, maybe in the tens of thousands, correctly predicted the last two elections. It did not take rocket science.

Maybe I am wrong. Maybe hundreds of thousands of people correctly predicted the outcome of the last two elections. Colley is one of them. I wonder what the other 999,999 people think about this one. They are on a par with Colley.

18 posted on 10/03/2012 5:21:43 PM PDT by olezip
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To: Political Junkie Too

Hell, I predicted the last election soon as McLame became the nominee... on the one before that I had a pretty good feeling old horse face didn’t have a chance, just because he was on the same plane of political existence as ol’ plugs, Bite-Me. You’d have to have been be an amoeba to have gotten at least one of those wrong.


19 posted on 10/03/2012 5:22:02 PM PDT by dps.inspect (rage against the Obama machine...)
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"In '04, we only missed Hawaii."

Wait, they predicted HAWAII was going for Bush in 2004??????

20 posted on 10/03/2012 5:22:12 PM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of congress. But I repeat myself." M.Twain)
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