9.01.2004
For you Political Wonks
If you are a political geek like me, you want data and lots of it. I found this site - electoral-vote.com - which gives some very useful and well organized data on the presidential race based on what counts - electoral votes. None of these namby-pamby national polls which don't mean a damn thing. Yes, I know, most people hate the Electoral College on principle. That's fine. But it ain't gonna change before November 2. "Anyone who abandons what is for what should be pursues his downfall rather than his preservation." (Machiavelli)The site gives a national map with trends and latest poll data. And if you click on a given state it gives the poll history and even gives a projection line based on the poll trend. Based on these trend data, the site even gives a projection map which predicts where the states are going to end up. Interestingly, based on polling data, Minnesota ends up in a dead heat. The creator cautions not to take the projection map too seriously until October.
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