- June 3rd, 2008, 11:58 am
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There's a website out there that allows you to trade events like you would trade stocks called intrade.com. Essentially, there is a price (up to $100) for a specific event to take place (Barack Obama to become president, for example). If it happens, you get $100. If it doesn't, you get zero. Right now, you can buy shares of Barack Obama becoming President for $59.
The site also lets you wager on each individual state race (Colorado to go to the Dems is at $60.4 a share, for example). In 2004, it was right for every state... So, I decided to run a little test and see who would win each individual state. I plugged those answers into a website called "270towin.com" for the electoral results... and this is what I got:
The Democrats, at this moment in time, will get 268 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the nomination.
The Republicans, at this moment in time, will get 266 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the nomination.
Four electoral votes are at large, because the two parties are tied at 46.0... that state is New Hampshire.
Get ready, folks. It's coming.
The site also lets you wager on each individual state race (Colorado to go to the Dems is at $60.4 a share, for example). In 2004, it was right for every state... So, I decided to run a little test and see who would win each individual state. I plugged those answers into a website called "270towin.com" for the electoral results... and this is what I got:
The Democrats, at this moment in time, will get 268 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the nomination.
The Republicans, at this moment in time, will get 266 of the 270 electoral votes needed to win the nomination.
Four electoral votes are at large, because the two parties are tied at 46.0... that state is New Hampshire.
Get ready, folks. It's coming.
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