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

Posted by samzenpus on from the popularity-contest dept.

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:Everyone loves a winner. by cayenne8 · · Score: 1, Troll

    We survived eight years of George W. Bush, you will survive eight years of Barack Obama.

    I honestly don't know about that.

    Bush pushed the deficit and economy pretty far to the bad side.

    Obama has pushed it even further in only 4 years than Bush did in 8...

    I think we're so close to the fiscal edge....Obama and his ilk, will easily shove the US over the fiscal edge before his 2nd 4 year term would be over....

    Yes..I do think the man is dangerous, and bad for our country.

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  2. Re:Everyone loves a winner. by Archangel+Michael · · Score: 1, Troll

    "Promoting Health Care" doesn't really mean "completely rewriting the Health Care Industry and tax laws" ... does it?

    Pig in a Poke is what the Obama Care was. NOBODY but a few staffers actually knew what was in the bill. Not even Nancy Pelosi. It was designed to get to single payer healthcare as a snowjob. If offered, most Americans would have voted against single payer, yet that is the goal of Obama Care. Nothing to do with "Promoting Health Care", but rather "Promoting Socialism" in disguise.

    Hence the HUGE election in 2010 that gave the house back to the (R). Or don't you recall that?

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