Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Here are McCain and Obama's chances (according to Intrade's state-by-state numbers) of getting various minimum numbers of electoral votes for the morning of Tue. Oct. 7, going into the debate. Obama's numbers keep increasing, with him winning 93.6% of the time. Intrade's global contract gives him a 68.7% chance to win.

Each candidate needs at least 270 electoral votes to win outright, and a tie at 269 that throws it into the House isn't impossible.

      Obama           |         McCain
Votes Probability | Votes Probability
240+ 0.9887 | 240+ 0.2502
245+ 0.9847 | 245+ 0.2039
250+ 0.9794 | 250+ 0.1638
255+ 0.9724 | 255+ 0.1298
260+ 0.9632 | 260+ 0.1017
265+ 0.9514 | 265+ 0.0787
266+ 0.9487 | 266+ 0.0747
267+ 0.9458 | 267+ 0.0708
268+ 0.9428 | 268+ 0.0672
269+ 0.9396 | 269+ 0.0637
270+ 0.9363 | 270+ 0.0604
271+ 0.9328 | 271+ 0.0572
272+ 0.9292 | 272+ 0.0542
273+ 0.9253 | 273+ 0.0513
274+ 0.9213 | 274+ 0.0486
275+ 0.9171 | 275+ 0.0460
280+ 0.8931 | 280+ 0.0347
285+ 0.8638 | 285+ 0.0261
290+ 0.8286 | 290+ 0.0195
295+ 0.7873 | 295+ 0.0144
300+ 0.7399 | 300+ 0.0106
305+ 0.6867 | 305+ 0.0077
310+ 0.6285 | 310+ 0.0055
315+ 0.5666 | 315+ 0.0039
320+ 0.5021 | 320+ 0.0028
325+ 0.4368 | 325+ 0.0019
330+ 0.3725 | 330+ 0.0013
335+ 0.3111 | 335+ 0.0008
340+ 0.2539 | 340+ 0.0005
345+ 0.2022 | 345+ 0.0003
350+ 0.1572 | 350+ 0.0002
355+ 0.1192 | 355+ 0.0001
360+ 0.0882 | 360+ 0.0001
365+ 0.0635 | 365+ 0.0000
370+ 0.0449 | 370+ 0.0000
375+ 0.0311 | 375+ 0.0000
380+ 0.0210 | 380+ 0.0000
385+ 0.0139 | 385+ 0.0000

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