The 2012 Living Room Times Electoral College Contest

NOTE: Complete contest rules are here.

Your Electoral College Prediction

First, make your electoral college picks using the map below. (If the map below does not work for you, click here to open it in a new window.)
 
Default colors are 2008 results. You can select a different "default" at the bottom of the map.
 
(It may take a few moments for the map to fully load. Please be patient.)

Note on Maine and Nebraska: The Maine congressional district that's generally viewed as more competitive, i.e., more potentially winnable for Republicans, is District 2 (the bottom circle).
The Nebraska districts, as generally ranked from most competitive (i.e., potentially winnable for Democrats) to least, are: District 2 (middle circle), then District 1 (left), then District 3 (right). In other words, District 3 is the MOST Republican.
For verification, please type the above-stated Electoral Vote totals:

Next, copy the "Link to your map:" URL & paste it below.
 
(Select it by double-clicking on the URL, or clicking once and then typing CTRL+A or COMMAND+A to "Select All." Then, copy the URL by typing CTRL+C or COMMAND+C, or by right-clicking on the selected text and hitting "Copy.")
 
Paste the URL into the field below:


Tiebreaker Questions

NOTE: Complete contest rules, including tiebreaker details, are here.
(NOTE: Result will be based on election results only; any post-election party switches will not be considered.)
(NOTE: Result will be based on election results only; any post-election party switches will not be considered.)
FYI - here are the percentages in recent elections, including minor-party candidates with more than 2%:
2008: Obama 52.9, McCain 45.6
2004: Bush 50.7, Kerry 48.3
2000: Gore 48.4, Bush 47.9, Nader 2.7
1996: Clinton 49.2, Dole 40.7, Perot 8.4
1992: Clinton 43.0, Bush 37.5, Perot 18.9
1988: Bush 53.4, Dukakis 45.7
1984: Reagan 58.8, Mondale 40.6
1980: Reagan 50.8, Carter 41.0, Anderson 6.6
FYI - here are the percentages in recent elections for top minor-party candidates:
2008: Nader 0.56, Barr 0.45
2004: Nader 0.38, Badnarik 0.32
2000: Nader 2.73, Buchanan 0.43, Browne 0.36
1996: Perot 8.40, Nader 0.71, Browne 0.50
1992: Perot 18.91, Marrou 0.28
1988: Paul 0.47, Fulani 0.24
1984: Bergland 0.25, LaRouche 0.09
1980: Anderson 6.61, Clark 1.06
FYI - here are the totals in recent elections:
2008: Obama 1,288,633, McCain 1,073,629
2004: Bush 1,101,255, Kerry 1,001,732
2000: Bush 883,745, Gore 738,227
1996: Dole 691,848, Clinton 671,152
1992: Clinton 629,681, Bush 562,850, Perot 366,010

Miscellaneous Information (Optional)

These questions are strictly optional. They're designed to gather a little more information about each contestant, to make any blog/Twitter write-ups of the contest more interesting. Answer as many, or as few, as you like.
 
 


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