John McCain Wins Missouri, 2008 Presidential Race Ends
Michael Kraskin
Executive Producer
Posted:
11/20/08
It's official, John McCain finally pulled ahead in Missouri. This win gave him those 11 electoral votes he needed to lose the race to Obama by only 192 points.
The final tally is:
Obama: 365
McCain: 173
But the real story here is that we can finally look back at our own bloggers' predictions and declare a winner. As an impartial observer who didn't even work here waaaay back at the beginning of November, it is my duty to announce that Jay Allbritton came the closest. His prediction was only 3 votes off:
Obama: 368
McCain: 170
So congratulations to Jay!
I should mention that technically Greg McNeilly was correct in predicting that Obama would receive 300+ electoral votes.
And I won't bother calling out the person who was the furthest off. Why kick a guy when he's down.
You can see all our bloggers' predictions for the outcome of the election here.
Two Senate races are still up the air, so check back when they're settled to see which blogger came the closest in calling that race.
My money is on Dave.
The final tally is:
Obama: 365
McCain: 173
But the real story here is that we can finally look back at our own bloggers' predictions and declare a winner. As an impartial observer who didn't even work here waaaay back at the beginning of November, it is my duty to announce that Jay Allbritton came the closest. His prediction was only 3 votes off:
Obama: 368
McCain: 170
So congratulations to Jay!
I should mention that technically Greg McNeilly was correct in predicting that Obama would receive 300+ electoral votes.
And I won't bother calling out the person who was the furthest off. Why kick a guy when he's down.
You can see all our bloggers' predictions for the outcome of the election here.
Two Senate races are still up the air, so check back when they're settled to see which blogger came the closest in calling that race.
My money is on Dave.