Saturday, November 15, 2008

DL Presidential Pick Pool & the Electoral College

While the Presidential election is (almost) history, the final electoral college vote yet remains to be taken. On the Monday following the second Wednesday in December (December 6th, 2008), the electors of each state meet in their respective state capitals to cast their votes for president and vice president. These votes are then sealed and sent to the president of the Senate, who on January 6th opens and reads the votes in the presence of both houses of Congress.

However, the final electoral college tally will likely be:

Obama 365
McCain 173 

At our last DL meeting, attendees participated in our presidential pick pool, casting their best guesses on the number of electoral college votes the candidates would get.  Here are the results:

Place

Name

Obama

McCain

1 Kathy 364 174
2 Bruce 370 168
3 Brian 358 180
4 Angel 338 200
5 Nancy 331 207
6 Roger 315 223
7 Peter 312 216
8 Cynthia 300 238
9 Cynde 281 257

 

Congratulations to Kathy, who just about nailed the pick!  At the next DL meeting, we will all show proper respect for her predictive abilities!

No comments: