There has been some confusion about what the simulator is actually calculating. The simulator is NOT a prediction of the outcome of the election. It merely takes representative state polls (or averages of multiple polls where appropriate) and answers the question: If the election were today, what is the range of likely outcomes? However, the election is not today. A change in the polls of just 1-2% in a few pivotal states could yield totally different simulator results.
That being said, during the last 1,000 simulations run, Obama won 99.9% of the time. Among the simulations, Obama averages 339 Electoral College votes, well more than the 270 required to win.
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