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Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 08:37 PM Apr 2016

Maybe I'll have better luck with this in here

Spent more time on this than I care to admit to just let it sink in GDP:

As I think most people know, I'm a numbers guy, and I got bored last night. So I did a little research, tinkered with a small model and came up with some numbers that I think we can have some fun with.

So here is how this works, I'm going to give each of the 5 states that vote on the 26th along with a "% of vote in" number. That number represents how much of the vote is counted before a race is called for either Hillary or Bernie. You take the over or under on that number for each state.

Obviously, this is just for fun, so no asking me to make a bet for an actual exchange of goods or services. And, yes, I did put work into how I came up with these numbers. Ideally, they represent where half of respondents take the over and half take the under.

Anyway, here are your states and base "% of votes tallied"

Maryland -- 1%

Delaware -- 10%

Pennsylvania -- 20%

Connecticut -- 50%

Rhode Island -- 75%


And a bonus, over/under on Clinton's total delegate spread increasing by 50 delegates



My choices:

Maryland -- 1% UNDER Will be called for Clinton when polls close

Delaware -- 10% UNDER Called for Clinton

Pennsylvania -- 20% UNDER Called for Clinton when Philly and Pittsburgh have enough returns in

Connecticut -- 50% OVER Think 50% is probably right around when it will be called. Expect it to go for Clinton

Rhode Island -- 75%. OVER In my opinion, a true toss-up that won't be called until late. Think Sanders squeaks out a win.


Clinton net delegates +50 OVER Maryland and Delaware will be large blowouts and I expect her to win PA by around 15%.

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Maybe I'll have better luck with this in here (Original Post) Godhumor Apr 2016 OP
It all sounds good to me! Thanks for putting this together. livetohike Apr 2016 #1
My hope is another 5 for 5 like 3/15, except... MarianJack Apr 2016 #2
Mine: George II Apr 2016 #3
Very nice Raissa Apr 2016 #4
I like everyone's enthusiasm. BlueMTexpat Apr 2016 #5
My original post for this was labeled as prop bets (Harmless silly bets) Godhumor Apr 2016 #6
But fun! BlueMTexpat Apr 2016 #7
It's interesting! Raissa Apr 2016 #8
Yet pretty cool! Walk away Apr 2016 #12
KnR! sheshe2 Apr 2016 #9
K&R. nt UtahLib Apr 2016 #10
OVER by at least 10% Treant Apr 2016 #11
New York was ridiculous! It wasn't called until after Bernie fled to Vermont to hide... Walk away Apr 2016 #14
K & R SunSeeker Apr 2016 #13

MarianJack

(10,237 posts)
2. My hope is another 5 for 5 like 3/15, except...
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 08:42 PM
Apr 2016

...all 5 by double digits!

I'm sure that we both hope that I'm right!

PEACE!

George II

(67,782 posts)
3. Mine:
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 08:42 PM
Apr 2016

Maryland -- 1% - over
Delaware -- 10% - over
Pennsylvania -- 20% - under
Connecticut -- 50% - under
Rhode Island -- 75% - under
Net delegates - over 50

Raissa

(217 posts)
4. Very nice
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 08:47 PM
Apr 2016

Even without the hard data points it's easy to extrapolate why the percentages are where they are based on polls, primary type, and influential demographics.

I'll be interested to see how accurate your predictions are.

BlueMTexpat

(15,369 posts)
5. I like everyone's enthusiasm.
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 08:48 PM
Apr 2016

But I especially like the idea of all five states again and I don't care when the races are called, so long as Hillary wins.

Just so long as Clinton nets +50 delegates, I'm fine with whatever happens.

Godhumor

(6,437 posts)
6. My original post for this was labeled as prop bets (Harmless silly bets)
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 08:53 PM
Apr 2016

One of the things I do when I decide to tinker outside my professional capacity is find different ways to split up and work with data. This was an exercise where I analyzed when races are called historically and how polling and demographics correlate with when the race is called.

In other words, a while lot of stat work for something that is ridiculously meaningless.

Treant

(1,968 posts)
11. OVER by at least 10%
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 09:39 PM
Apr 2016

in all cases. So far, the media has been rather hesitant to call races for Clinton--look at NY and most of the south, which held out far longer than I would have expected as "competitive" in terms of coverage.

Walk away

(9,494 posts)
14. New York was ridiculous! It wasn't called until after Bernie fled to Vermont to hide...
Thu Apr 21, 2016, 09:49 PM
Apr 2016

from the press. CNN was so sure that it was going to be a tight race they didn't call a definite winner until the next day.

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