My Map: Update

I had almost forgotten to check and see how close I was in predicting the outcome of the presidential election. Usually I'm terrible at predicting anything. From sports to politics to lottery numbers, I'm no soothsayer. But I can usually come close enough. Here was the map as I predicted it in June of 2008.

As you can see in the actual map I missed three states. I thought for sure Obama had Missouri, he ended up losing it by less than 4,000 votes. And I thought McCain would get Indiana but only barely. Turns out, Obama won Indiana fairly big. And I missed North Carolina where you can tell by clicking the link that I had a hard time in deciding what color to paint the Tar Heel state. I eventually settled for red but knew it would be close.

I picked 364-194. Turns out Obama won even bigger than I predicted: 365-173.