Winner of my election contest
November 18, 2008 at 4:54 pm by Andisheh Nouraee in NewsShortly before the election, I offered $10 to the Fresh Loaf reader who most closely guessed the outcome of the presidential popular vote, and an additional $10 to the person who got closest to the Electoral College count.
To get the crowd inspired, I offered my own guesses, Obama over McCain 53 percent to 45% in the popular vote and 355 to 183 in the Electoral College.
As it turned out, Obama nabbed 52.7 percent and McCain 46.0. Assuming Missouri goes to McCain (which I am) , the E.C. goes to Obama 365 to 173.
I’m usually a terrible prognosticator, but this time I did pretty well. In fact, I actually tied for the best guess in both categories.
Alas, it’s no fun to hand myself money, so I’m gonna fork over the cash to the people I tied with.
Popular Vote:
Jim V and Decaturite both guessed 54 to 46, which put them just 1.3 percent off. You each get $5 of my hardly earned dollars.
Electoral College:
Jeffy guessed Obama 375 to 163.
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