So now that the race is decided, here’s what we have according to FiveThirtyEight.com:

Obama:

Electoral Count: 365 (fooled me – he took that final EV in Nebraska!!)
Popular Vote: 52.3%

McCain:

Electoral Count: 173
Popular Vote: 46.2

Remember that bonus question about what percent of eligible voters would turn out to vote? Probably ya’ll thought I was nuts (tony says cynical) but dudes, I wasn’t too far off. Mine was the lowest prediction, too. According to the latest data, the voter turnout is pretty much exactly what it was in 2004 – the difference was in WHO showed up. This time the Dems showed up, the Reps stayed home. But the overall turnout was almost identical. Bummer.

Ok onto the final results. I’m gonna have to call two winners, one for the EV and one for the Popular Vote.

Electoral vote goes to Melinda who was just 3 electoral votes off! Brilliant Melinda! She guessed 368 to 170. Impressive!!! I think I was actually second to you with my 12 votes off. I’m proud

For popular vote, I am SHOCKED that several of us came so very incredibly close, especially given how far off we got in the EV! It is crazy to me that we all called it! Several people (including me! yay!) had mere fractions of a point off both candidates but the winner for the closest call is Jonathan who was just two-tenths of a point off both candidates with his predictions of 52.1 for Obama and 46.4 for McCain!

So both of you, contact me with your mailing address and you’ll get your yumminess ASAP! Thanks for playing, everyone! That was fun! Now I’m off to tally my kids’ predictions to see who gets ice cream tonight!!

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