----- Original Message ----- From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 11:28 PM Subject: Re: Predicted electoral votes listed by state....
> Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, November 01, 2004 9:58 PM > > Subject: Re: Predicted electoral votes listed by state.... > > > > > Gary Nunn wrote: > > > > > > > > I know many of you see the same articles on ABCnews.com that I do, > > but I ran > > > > across this website buried in a technology article, so some of you > > may have > > > > missed it. > > > > > > > > This website shows the predicted electoral college votes per state > > based on > > > > polls. > > > > > > > > Kind of interesting... > > > > > > > > By the way, this site is taking 600,000 hits a day so it may take > > a few > > > > seconds to load the main graphic of the US map... > > > > > > > > > > > > www.electoral-vote.com > > > > > > Oh, you mean the site that John and I discussed last week, John > > slamming > > > it for using polls that don't have very good accuracy? :) > > > > > Unfortunately for John, this site is the most respected electoral site > > on the web, getting 6 times as many hits as its closest competitor. > > Try reading this as it is very very interesting: > > http://www.electoral-vote.com/info/votemaster-faq.html > > > > xponent > > Visits Most Electoral Site This Cycle Maru > > rob > > Yes, it's the most popular site. It's spending a lot on advertising to > achieve that status, as well, at least that's the impression I get from > the various postings. Not true, which you would have seen if you read the link actually. The guy does the site out of his own pocket and spent donations on get out the vote sites. It's the most popular site because it is the least biased. > > But John was arguing with the use of certain polls there. Yeah, he prefers a site with a built in bias.<G> Such as : http://www.electionprojection.com/ <G> > > Now, the raw data is there for you to pull out the more accurate polls, > if you know which ones those are, but I'd take the electoral-vote-meter > with more salt than is needed for a margarita. (Especially considering > the swing it can take from one day to the next.) You have to read the entire site to know how to read it strange as it sounds. The front page map is only a day by day map that can change several times a day. There is a final projection map that is more stables over longer periods. Push polls are outright rejected and you get warnings about polls with questionable methodology such as Gallup. > > Margarita. I could use one one of these days. It's been over a month, > and the last one was disappointing, as it was served in a glass that > didn't have a wide enough rim to hold as much salt as I find necessary > for the quantity of margarita contained within the glass. (In other > words, I should go to El Arroyo or Chuy's or Antonio's, and NOT to Baby > Acapulco if I want my margarita on the rocks with salt. Other than the > margarita issue, though, Baby Acapulco is a great place for dinner, and > it has the virtue of being closer than any of the others, except maybe > the nearest Antonio's, but that's more of a pain to get to....) > Ahhhhh.....my favoritist drink! <G> xponent Read The Faq Maru rob _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
