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Date of Prediction: 2012-10-23 Version:4

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Prediction States Won
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Dem303
 
Rep235
 
Ind0
 
 

Confidence States Won
270 |
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Dem257
 
Rep206
 
Ind0
 
Tos75
 

State Pick-ups

Gain Loss Hold Net Gain
ST CD EV ST CD EV ST CD EV
Dem000-3-1-56262303-56
Rep+3+1+56000222179+56
Ind0000000000


Prediction Score (max Score = 112)

ScoreState WinsState PercentagesCD WinsCD Percentages
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Analysis

Mostly just moved states off the "leaner" category into "strong" New Mexico moved to strong Obama, Missouri moved to strong Romney, Indiana moved to strong Romney.

Tossups remain Florida, Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, and Virgnia. My suspicion is that Obama wins 4 of those 5 for 303 electoral votes, but any outcome from a narrow 257-281 Romney win to a somewhat convincing 330-208 Obama win remains plausible.

I still maintain Obama's strength amongst hispanics and the difficulty of polling Hispanic voters (in fact the most likely ones to be supporting Obama, though perhaps least likely to turn out) will lead Obama to out-perform polls in Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico. That means Obama only needs one of the remaining 4 tossup states to win the election. My suspicion is that if Obama wins Iowa, that indicates a level of support amongst upper-midwest middle class white voters that will carry him over the finish line in Ohio. Virginia may follow, but maintains considerable southern character that will likely lead white voters in Virginia to be less supportive of Obama than white voters in Ohio or Iowa. This election is winnable for Romney, but difficult, a low turnout election probably being Romney's best chance to win.

I'll update again if I feel the need, but I think it's likely that this will be my last update before election day.


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Prediction Score States Percent Total Accuracy Ver #D Rank#Pred
P 2020 President 53/56 43/56 96/112 85.7% pie 3 6 130T684
P 2020 Senate 30/35 20/35 50/70 71.4% pie 2 4 274T423
P 2016 President 48/56 29/56 77/112 68.8% pie 2 25 369T678
P 2016 Senate 30/34 18/34 48/68 70.6% pie 2 0 164T362
P 2014 Senate 31/36 18/36 49/72 68.1% pie 3 6 231T382
P 2012 President 55/56 47/56 102/112 91.1% pie 4 14 47T760
P 2012 Senate 31/33 17/33 48/66 72.7% pie 6 8 144T343
P 2010 Senate 34/37 23/37 57/74 77.0% pie 12 1 100T456
P 2010 Governor 35/37 22/37 57/74 77.0% pie 3 0 91T312
P 2008 President 54/56 38/56 92/112 82.1% pie 13 1 178T1,505
P 2008 Senate 33/33 18/33 51/66 77.3% pie 7 1 96T407
P 2008 Governor 11/11 6/11 17/22 77.3% pie 2 1 86T264
P 2006 U.S. Senate 33/33 20/33 53/66 80.3% pie 25 3 88T465
P 2006 Governor 34/36 11/36 45/72 62.5% pie 3 15 207T312
Aggregate Predictions 512/549 330/549 842/1098 76.7% pie


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