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To: longnshort who wrote (30986)	11/7/2012 10:22:25 AM
From: Alastair McIntosh	2 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 69300

I feel your pain not that good examiner.com Over the past few months a fierce debate has raged between conservative pundits and a network of pollsters that were personified in New York Times statistical guru Nate Silver. The average of polls, along with Nate Silver's model, showed that Obama would win the Electoral College with over 300 votes. Many conservatives laughed at that assertion, even questioning Silver’s manhood along the way. Of course, the real election results would prove who was right. After all the votes were counted last night, the pollsters and Nate Silver came out on top. Consider just how right Nate Silver was: Silver correctly predicted the winner of all 50 states yesterday. Silver had Obama winning Virginia and Florida by very small margins. Virginia was the latest state to be called last night. Florida has not been called but appears headed for the Obama win column as well. Silver projected Obama would win the popular vote by two percentage points. Obama is currently winning with 50 percent of the national vote compared to 48 percent for Mitt Romney.