Victory probability mapObama lead over time

Saturday, May 31, 2008

Obama up by 0.8%; 66% chance of victory

Prediction for Election Day

  • Probability of victory: 66% electoral, 60% popular. This includes 3% chance of tie.
  • Expected value of vote: 279 electoral votes, popular win by 0.8%.
  • 95% range of electoral votes: 189 to 354.
  • Swing states (correlation):
    • PA 88%
    • OH 71%
    • NH 65%
    • MI 59%
    • NV 57%
    • NM 57%
    • CO 51%
    • MO 45%
    • NJ 44%
    • WI 42%
  • Swing states (pseudo-Banzhaf):
    • PA .103
    • OH .033
    • NM .031
    • MI .030
    • CO .022
    • NV .017
  • Confidence map (states sized by electoral vote, darker red means higher confidence that McCain will win, darker green for Obama): Map showing my confidence in who the leader will be.

Prediction if the election were today

  • Probability of victory: 90% electoral, 79% popular. This includes a 6% chance of a tie.
  • Expected value of vote: 284 electoral votes, popular win by 0.8%.
  • 95% range of electoral votes: 248 to 309.
  • Swing states (correlation):
    • PA 83%
  • Swing states (pseudo-Banzhaf):
    • PA .132
    • NM .036
    • MI .035
    • CO .024
    • OH .021
    • NV .016
  • Confidence map (states sized by electoral vote, darker red means higher confidence that McCain will win, darker green for Obama): Map showing my confidence in who the leader is.

Popular vote estimate:

(Darker red means more votes for McCain, darker green for Obama.) Map showing my estimate of the popular vote on 5/17

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