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Here's what I'm thinking of for the election pool:

Submit guesses for the following to [email protected] by 12:01 am PST Nov. 4 (i.e. election day)

Overall Electoral Vote
Popular Vote % to the first decimal
State with highest % for Obama
State with highest % for McCain
Winners of:
PA OH FL MO VA CO IN NV NC WV GA MT
Will NE or ME split its electoral votes?
Winner of Senate races:
MN KY GA NC AK OR MS NH

Scoring:

* 100 points for perfect EV score – subtract 1 point for each EV off – but points are not subtracted on both sides. e.g. prediction of 300-238, final result 328-200 = 72 points

* 100 points for perfect popular vote % to the first decimal – 1 point off for each tenth % difference – points –will be- subtracted from both sides. e.g. prediction of 50.5, 45.3, final result 52.1-46.6 = 100-16-13= 71 points

In both cases it is possible to go negative – don’t be off by more than 100 votes or 5%

* 20 points each for highest % state

* 5 points each of winner of individual states

* 5 points for electoral split

* 5 points for Senate races

There will be a small prize for the winner.


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