Friday, April 04, 2008

Poll Analysis: Obama Roars Back in His Race Against McCain

from HominidViews

Obama McCain
40.7% probability of winning 57.1% probability of winning
Mean of 264 electoral votes Mean of 274 electoral votes

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Yesterday, Sen. Barack Obama had a 29% chance of beating Sen. John McCain in a general election. And that was a dramatic improvement for Obama—up from a 10% probability earlier in the week. Today there was a new poll released in New Jersey, that favors Obama in his match-up against McCain.

Now, after 10,000 simulated elections, Obama wins 4,073 times (plus the 214 ties), and McCain wins 5,713 times. Obama has a 40.7% (plus 2.1% for ties) probability of beating McCain, and McCain has a 57.1% probability of winning.

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