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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:For the love of God All-mighty by slim · · Score: 5, Funny

    Vote for the Mormon or you'll get the Muslim. Communism is NOT THE ANSWER.

    As a Brit, I honestly have no idea whether this is parody or not.

  2. Re:Taking a hint from the last election by Gunnut1124 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Please, share your anecdote about how bad President Obama has been for you personally. Did he kick your dog?

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  3. No by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    He ate his dog.

  4. Re:Taking a hint from the last election by spiritplumber · · Score: 5, Funny

    No, the dog was securely strapped to the car's roof.

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  5. Re:Everyone loves a winner. by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

    Obama or Romney, doesn't matter. Drones and indefinite detentions for all suspects.. and the banks get all your money.

    In other news - aluminum foil manufacturers see bright future.

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  6. Re:For the love of God All-mighty by Alkonaut · · Score: 3, Funny

    For a long while I thought Mitt's official twitter account was a parody account.

  7. Re:Did you ever wonder why by Joehonkie · · Score: 4, Funny

    So we can vote the right way! How will I know who to vote for if I don't know who everyone else is voting for?

  8. Re:Better... by theycallmeB · · Score: 5, Funny

    http://www.mittromney.com/
    Lots of information there on Romney's policies and ideas.
    Why not simply inform yourself, rather than repeat these tiresome and slanted charges planted in your mind by partisan news sources?

    Because if his website is anything like the public appearances of Romney himself, it changes content based on the state your IP address maps to.

  9. Re:I'm not that optimistic by Anne+Thwacks · · Score: 1, Funny
    Yes, but God created Americans to be raped ...

    Don't you even listen to the Romney version of Christianity?

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  10. Funny by publiclurker · · Score: 4, Funny

    every time I refresh the page everything changes.

  11. Re:uhh by Remus+Shepherd · · Score: 5, Funny

    I think the original poster is saying that an 86.3% chance will come true 97% of the time.

    Between him, you, and me, one of us doesn't understand statistics.

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  12. Re:Everyone loves a winner. by babblefrog · · Score: 4, Funny

    I know people who really think Obama is the anti-christ. What the hell kind of anti-christ would he be if he couldn't even get re-elected?

  13. Re:Everyone loves a winner. by Hatta · · Score: 4, Funny

    The USS America is a pretty big boat.

    Apparently it takes decades to take a minor course adjustment towards the left. But if you want to move to the right, it can turn on a dime.

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  14. Re:DADT - crumbs indeed by MRe_nl · · Score: 4, Funny

    As a European all I see is the Muppet show with Kermit Obama shouting "Five minutes till curtain" to Mitt Piggy backstage. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are obviously Statler and Waldorf.
    Maybe I'm just old.

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