Saturday, October 4, 2008

Saturday's odds

Here are McCain and Obama's chances (according to Intrade's state-by-state numbers) of getting various minimum numbers of electoral votes for Sat. Oct. 4. Still more improvement for Obama, as every day McCain doesn't turn things around makes the ultimate outcome less uncertain.

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
235+ 0.9870 | 235+ 0.3714
240+ 0.9826 | 240+ 0.3136
245+ 0.9768 | 245+ 0.2606
250+ 0.9693 | 250+ 0.2132
255+ 0.9596 | 255+ 0.1721
260+ 0.9472 | 260+ 0.1371
265+ 0.9313 | 265+ 0.1080
266+ 0.9277 | 266+ 0.1028
267+ 0.9240 | 267+ 0.0978
268+ 0.9200 | 268+ 0.0931
269+ 0.9158 | 269+ 0.0886
270+ 0.9114 | 270+ 0.0842
271+ 0.9069 | 271+ 0.0800
272+ 0.9022 | 272+ 0.0760
273+ 0.8972 | 273+ 0.0723
274+ 0.8920 | 274+ 0.0687
275+ 0.8866 | 275+ 0.0652
280+ 0.8563 | 280+ 0.0501
285+ 0.8201 | 285+ 0.0383
290+ 0.7776 | 290+ 0.0291
295+ 0.7292 | 295+ 0.0220
300+ 0.6752 | 300+ 0.0164
305+ 0.6164 | 305+ 0.0122
310+ 0.5540 | 310+ 0.0089
315+ 0.4898 | 315+ 0.0065
320+ 0.4249 | 320+ 0.0046
325+ 0.3615 | 325+ 0.0032
330+ 0.3012 | 330+ 0.0022
335+ 0.2455 | 335+ 0.0015
340+ 0.1954 | 340+ 0.0010
345+ 0.1516 | 345+ 0.0006
350+ 0.1149 | 350+ 0.0004
355+ 0.0848 | 355+ 0.0002
360+ 0.0611 | 360+ 0.0001
365+ 0.0429 | 365+ 0.0001
370+ 0.0296 | 370+ 0.0000
375+ 0.0199 | 375+ 0.0000
380+ 0.0131 | 380+ 0.0000

1 comment:

thouis said...

Obama's still only running at 68% at Intrade. I'm surprised someone isn't taking advantage of the arbitrage opportunity.