08/11/03 14:15:50
Well since Election Day is coming up (November 4 this Tuesday, I'm voting) I thought it'd be interesting for everyone to take a look at the latest poll results:
www.fivethirtyeight.com
538 = the number of electoral votes. A candidate must win at least 270 electoral votes to win. Each state is worth a certain amount of electoral votes depending on its population.
For example, California is worth 55 votes and Hawaii is worth 4 votes.
www.fivethirtyeight.com's creator was actually a baseball statistician and now he uses those statics skills to compile data from many polls to predict the 2008 election.