Place you Bets

[Anonymous]

Ok, so sthe election is less than a week away and I am getting very tense. So lets have a little fun and try to predict the outcome - you have to specify an EV spread. Winner gets dinner on Jeff's dime:

My bet is an Obama win with EVs in the 270 - 291 range. I am assuming that he will lose all the "toss-up states" other than Virginia, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada.

[Anonymous]

I'll say 350 - 375. But I'll be a sport and pick up the tab if Jeff will be my guest for dinner. Heck, if Obama is in my range, I'll feel good enough to splurge and take him someplace fancier than Mickey D!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll say 350 - 375. But I'll be a sport and pick up the tab if Jeff will be my guest for dinner. Heck, if Obama is in my range, I'll feel good enough to splurge and take him someplace fancier than Mickey D!

...sounds like you are spreading the wealth

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'll say 350 - 375.

That was me, so I think I win, although there were not a large number of competitors. However, with that one vote Obama has received in Nebraska, bringing him to 365, I am suddenly at risk that Missouri's eleven will push him out of my range. It looks like it belongs to McCain, but if it changes, do you think there might be a margin of grace on my range?