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Nate Silver's Numbers Indicate Probable Obama Win, World Agrees

An anonymous reader writes "The state-by-state election outcome probabilities today on Nate Silver's 538 imply a 97.7% probability for Obama to win 270 or more electoral college votes this coming Tuesday. A site that allows anyone but U.S. citizens vote seems to indicate that the rest of the world hopes these numbers are accurate. "

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  1. Re:As a Canadian by profaneone · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    As an American, I used to be part of a single payer system of the US Government; I almost died because of said system :(
    Luckily, a hospital (outside the approved, previously mentioned system) had been built closer to our apartment; my life was saved there.

    Sounds like your 'Single Payer' is the new 'Stockholm Syndrome'.

    Plus here is a reporter telling how she was told to not use NHS:
    http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/blogs/2012/08/meredith-vieira-recaps-the-london-olympics/

    Thanks for playing!
       

  2. Re:Everyone loves a winner. by publiclurker · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I hardly think the rest of the world suffers from your "scary black man" syndrome.

  3. So rich by SuperKendall · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    The Republican primaries showed massive statistically provable voter fraud.

    Thus showing they are behind the Democrats who specialize in massive undetectable voter fraud.

    It's funny how liberals claim Republicans are cheating, but the only evidence of cheating anyone actually finds is from Democrats.

    At the very least, stop pretending the party you care so much for is a paragon of virtue. Chicago Democrats practically invented fake votes.

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    1. Re:So rich by amRadioHed · · Score: 0, Flamebait

      That's because the Republican's don't waste their time with voter fraud, they know voter suppression is where's it's at. Robocalls giving wrong information, voter ID laws, cutting precinct locations and early voting hours. Those are how you steal an election and this is what the Republicans shamelessly do time and time again.

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  4. Re:Everyone loves a winner. by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    After Obama Care .... you can't hardly blame them. Remember Obama didn't run on Obama Care, yet that was the first (and only) accomplishment of BHO. Passed without any Republican help (he didn't want any help), and "you'll have to pass it to see what is in it" logic. Nobody knew what was in that debacle. And The interesting thing is, Obama isn't running on Obama Care, which means it was just pandering to his base (not the rest of America). I don't blame the (R)s for this, I blame Obama.

    So, If you want reason, there it is. If you want to blame the (R)s, for things, you'll have to go back to GWB. But then again Obama hasn't been significantly different than GWB on the things that matter. And if Obama was an (R), no (D) would vote for him.

    Keep in mind, I'm not an (R). Gary Johnson for President!

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