Re:XKCD's Randall Munroe runs Monte Carlo on Intrade's per-s...
by jfarmer on Saturday October 04, 2008 @01:36PM
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As other have pointed out, this is silly because the states aren't independent. There's no way Obama is going to lose OH but win IN, for example, although probabilistically speaking there's some chance.
538 models the dependence along demographic lines, so that demographically similar states, districts, and counties are assumed to vote similarly.
538 models the dependence along demographic lines, so that demographically similar states, districts, and counties are assumed to vote similarly.