[thechat] Election Sweepstake

Ben Dyer radicalbender at gmail.com
Sun Oct 26 16:03:38 CDT 2008


On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 3:36 PM, Jeremy Weiss <eccentric.one at gmail.com>wrote:

> Came across this a while back. I had never thought about it, but I got to
> clicking around on it and discovered that it's actually possible that the
> both parties get 269 electoral votes. For some reason I sort of think that
> would be cool if it happened. It would underscore my rant about how the US
> was never meant to have only two major parties. :)
> http://mapmash.googlepages.com/electionmap_gadget.html
>
> Anyway, for this election, I'm thinking McCain with 271, but Obama with +5%
> on popular vote.
>

I also like the site http://www.270towin.com/ which is similar, but also has
historical data, which appeals to me because I'm a history geek.

--Ben

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