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Who will win Montana in the 2008 presidential election?

Settled as McCain

Montana has 3 electoral college votes and was comfortably republican in 2004, but could things change this time out?
Results from 2004:
CandidateVotesShare of vote
Bush (rep)26606359.07%
Kerry (dem)17371038.56%
Others106722.37%
Total450445100%
source: http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/fe2004/federalelections2004.shtml


Settlement details: Determined by actual ballot results (not forecasts) as reported in mainstream media

 
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Settled

McCain
93%
Obama
7%
Activity: H$135,438
Settled as McCain on Wed 5th Nov 9:58am PST

Suspend date: Tue 4th Nov 7pm PST Settlement date: Wed 5th Nov 9:58am PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 4th Nov 7pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: McCain: 78%, Obama: 22%

Action history:

Created Mon 14th Jul 4:50am PDT by ryanj[Admin]
Changed Suspend date Mon 3rd Nov 8:28am PST by destry[Admin]: was: "2008-11-03 23:59:00"
Suspended Tue 4th Nov 2:59pm PST : Suspend date reached
Suspended Tue 4th Nov 2:59pm PST : Suspend date reached
Changed Suspend date Tue 4th Nov 3:09pm PST by destry[Admin]: was: "2008-11-04 14:59:00"
Unsuspended Tue 4th Nov 3:10pm PST by destry[Admin]: Unsuspended until polls close
Suspended Tue 4th Nov 7pm PST : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Wed 5th Nov 5:15am PST by crowe: McCain won Montana

http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/results/president/
Settlement requested Wed 5th Nov 8:22am PST by rbrog77: McCain won 50-47% according to MSNBC
Settled as 'McCain' Wed 5th Nov 9:58am PST by destry[Admin]

Suspend date: Tue 4th Nov 7pm PST Settlement date: Wed 5th Nov 9:58am PSTPrediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 4th Nov 7pm PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled
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Predictions (292)

292 predictions

2 weeks ago
bout3fitty predicted McCain (H$1,000 at 93%)
2 weeks ago
thomismydad[Power User] predicted Obama (H$250 at 5%)
2 weeks ago
cognos[Power User] predicted Obama (H$777 at 18%)
2 weeks ago
gotmick predicted McCain (H$5,000 at 92%)
2 weeks ago
goldnchyl predicted Obama (H$50 at 12%)
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Comments (3)

As of Nov 1st Obama is up 4 points there, 44-40
posted 2 weeks ago
I might add that Ron Paul is going to pull alot of votes up there as well.
And I think I was wrong about that 44-40 being a 'today' total. I'm tired and screwing up all over the place here.
posted 2 weeks ago
As of 11/4/08 9:15 PM
32 of 861 precincts reporting (4%)

Obama - 40224
McCain - 29530
Paul - 1359
http://sos.mt.gov/ELB/elections/2008/general/StatewideRaces/President/index.asp
posted 2 weeks ago

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