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Old 10-19-2012, 11:25 AM
 
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Since you provided no cite. I am going to take this as your opinion. Here are the facts.

The accuracy of his November 2008 presidential election predictions—he correctly predicted the winner of 49 of the 50 states—won Silver further attention and commendation. The only state he missed was Indiana, which went for Barack Obama by 1%. He also correctly predicted the winner of all 35 Senate races that year.

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And many financial analysts that have "predicted" crashes, bubbles, and booms have also got things right...once, and never again.
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Old 10-19-2012, 11:27 AM
 
Location: Greensboro, NC USA
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Republicans have failed to stop early voting in Ohio which tends to favor democrats. Early voting will be key if the Ohio results are close.
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Old 10-19-2012, 11:30 AM
 
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Republicans have failed to stop early voting in Ohio which tends to favor democrats. Early voting will be key if the Ohio results are close.
Even after the federal ct. kept the Republicans from closing early voting. The Republican Secretary of state has pledged to cut the hours of operation on those days. They will do anything to keep people from voting there.
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Old 10-19-2012, 11:32 AM
 
Location: Greensboro, NC USA
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But I agree, If Obama wins Ohio, it doesn't even matter what happens in the other battleground states, Obama will get re-elected. Obama is still leading in Ohio too.
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Old 10-19-2012, 11:33 AM
 
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Even after the federal ct. kept the Republicans from closing early voting. The Republican Secretary of state has pledged to cut the hours of operation on those days. They will do anything to keep people from voting there.
The suit was for the weekend before the election. If people weren't able to vote in the 30 previous days or on election day, they weren't going to vote.
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Old 10-19-2012, 11:33 AM
 
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Wisconsin, Ohio and either Nevada or Iowa and Obama wins.
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Old 10-19-2012, 11:34 AM
 
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Wisconsin, Ohio and either Nevada or Iowa and Obama wins.
Pretty simple, huh?
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Old 10-19-2012, 11:36 AM
 
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Wisconsin, Ohio and either Nevada or Iowa and Obama wins.
That gets him to 235.

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Old 10-19-2012, 11:36 AM
 
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Pretty simple, huh?
yea, Ohio is the only wildcard.

I have a good read on wisconsin as i live in minnesota and visit wisconsin frequently.

Wisconsin should go blue. Iowa looks like its about to go solid Obama. Nevada looks good now.
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Old 10-19-2012, 11:39 AM
 
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The suit was for the weekend before the election. If people weren't able to vote in the 30 previous days or on election day, they weren't going to vote.
You are big on opinion short on facts. The fact is that a 100,000 people voted during that time period in 08. These three days included a weekend, which is important because so many democrats actually work and need the weekend to vote.


http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/17/us...ohio.html?_r=0
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