QUADRENNIAL BORED PRESIDENTIAL PROPHESY CONTEST

[Merry Mini]

You don't even need to read this

No answer. Just saying Hi!!

Told you you didn't need to read it!

[nitrah55]

You don't even need to read this

No answer. Just saying Hi!!

Told you you didn't need to read it!

If the Hello Kitty stuff weren't so gosh-darned cute, this could really tick me off.

[etaoin22]

I think this is the first time I try this:

Spoiler

In my experience either as a citizen or an interested observer, potentially tectonic plate shift elections more frequently run way beyond expectations in campaign, rather than regressing towards the zero point established by previous results.

So.

It is far easier to list those entities which will be taken by the loser: the unfortunate Senator McCain.

Those not taken by McCain, not listed below, in other words, will be taken by the talented Senator Obama.

republic of Texas
theocratic dominion of Utah
former Soviet republic of Alaska

Shiny sticky people just look at the boldface names .

Obama 51-49 in ND. McCain loses 45-55 in Nevada (or possibly 45-54 with one for the house...)

[BigDrawMan]

[quote="nitrah55"]Quadrennial Bored Presidential Prophecy Contest

PLEASE READ THE ENTIRE POST BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR ENTRY.

The Questions:

Q1 – Who will win the 2008 presidential election?

Q2 - List the states the winner of the 2008 presidential election will carry by dint of getting all or most of the electoral votes from that state. (The District of Columbia is considered a state.)
DAILY DOUBLE STATES:
Florida
Indiana
Missouri
North Carolina
Ohio
DON'T LIST THE DAILY DOUBLE STATES SEPARATELY. JUST INCLUDE THE ONES YOU PREDICT THE WINNER WILL TAKE IN YOUR LIST.

Q3 (Tiebreaker)
Q3 (a) What percentage of the popular vote (rounded to the nearest whole number) will Barack Obama carry in North Dakota?
Q3(b) What percentage of the popular vote (rounded to the nearest whole number) will John McCain carry in Nevada?
Q3(c) What will the Dow Jones Industrial Average (rounded to two decimal places) be at the end of trading Tuesday, November 4?
Q3(d) What is the total of your responses to questions Q3(a), (b) and (c)? (You didn't expect me to do the math on these, did you?)


The Rules:

A. Answering the questions:

Q1 - ONLY contestants who correctly answer Q1 will be eligible to win the contest.

Q2 - List ONLY the states which the winner of the election carries, and please list them in alphabetical order. Do NOT use postal abbreviations, please write out the entire name of the state.
Question 2 will be scored this way:
+1 point for each state on your list carried by the winner.
-1 point for each state not on your list carried by the winner
-2 points for each state on your list not carried by the winner
With the exception of
DAILY DOUBLE STATES.
+2 points for each DD state on your list carried by the winner
-2 points for each DD state not on your list carried by the winner
-4 points for each DD state on your list not carried by the winner
Only list those DD states which the winner carries.

Q3 - The contestant whose TOTAL of those three numbers is closest to the total of the actual results WITHOUT GOING OVER will win the tiebreaker. If contestants tie the tiebreaker total, then the contestant who picked the DJIA closest without going over will win the tiebreaker. If there is still a tie, then the tied contestants will be given an essay question to be judged by the judges in their (my) sole discretion.

1.b. hussein obama



2.
California Colorado Connecticut Delaware
Florida Hawaii
Illinois Indiana Iowa
Maine Maryland
Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota
Missouri Nevada
New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York
Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island
Vermont Virginia Washington
Wisconsin Wyoming
District of Columbia

i think thats over 270

I had Maine in the McPain column, but Tuesday is the first day of moose season
Obama will win one elector from nebraska


3.a.48
b.47
c.9653

9748

[nitrah55]

I think this is the first time I try this:

Spoiler

In my experience either as a citizen or an interested observer, potentially tectonic plate shift elections more frequently run way beyond expectations in campaign, rather than regressing towards the zero point established by previous results.

So.

It is far easier to list those entities which will be taken by the loser: the unfortunate Senator McCain.

Those not taken by McCain, not listed below, in other words, will be taken by the talented Senator Obama.

republic of Texas
theocratic dominion of Utah
former Soviet republic of Alaska

Shiny sticky people just look at the boldface names .

Obama 51-49 in ND. McCain loses 45-55 in Nevada (or possibly 45-54 with one for the house...)

Huh?

[ulysses5019]

Is there any free food for voting?

[megaaddict]

Thanks nitrah for running this!

Q1: Barack Hussein Obama

Q2:
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of Columbia
Florida
Hawaii
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
North Dakota
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin

Q3:
(a) 50
(b) 48
(c) 9346.66
(d) 9444.66

[nitrah55]

Is there any free food for voting?

Not yet. Bring some nachos.

[eyégor]

Spoiler

Q1 Barack Obama

Q2 California
Colorado
Columbia(district)
Connecticut
Delaware
Hawai'i
Illinois
Iowa
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
Wisconsin

Q3a 47%

Q3b 50%

Q3c 9050

Q3d 9147

[TheCalvinator24]

I think this is the first time I try this:

Spoiler

In my experience either as a citizen or an interested observer, potentially tectonic plate shift elections more frequently run way beyond expectations in campaign, rather than regressing towards the zero point established by previous results.

So.

It is far easier to list those entities which will be taken by the loser: the unfortunate Senator McCain.

Those not taken by McCain, not listed below, in other words, will be taken by the talented Senator Obama.

republic of Texas
theocratic dominion of Utah
former Soviet republic of Alaska

Shiny sticky people just look at the boldface names .

Obama 51-49 in ND. McCain loses 45-55 in Nevada (or possibly 45-54 with one for the house...)

Huh?

He's predicting a 47 state landslide for Obama

[NellyLunatic1980]

Is there any free food for voting?

No, but Babeland is giving away free sex toys. (See an earlier thread.)

[nitrah55]

I think this is the first time I try this:

Spoiler

In my experience either as a citizen or an interested observer, potentially tectonic plate shift elections more frequently run way beyond expectations in campaign, rather than regressing towards the zero point established by previous results.

So.

It is far easier to list those entities which will be taken by the loser: the unfortunate Senator McCain.

Those not taken by McCain, not listed below, in other words, will be taken by the talented Senator Obama.

republic of Texas
theocratic dominion of Utah
former Soviet republic of Alaska

Shiny sticky people just look at the boldface names .

Obama 51-49 in ND. McCain loses 45-55 in Nevada (or possibly 45-54 with one for the house...)

Huh?

He's predicting a 47 state landslide for Obama

It took me a little while to figure that out.

This, more than the McCain picks, qualifies as the Long Shot.