http://www.theblaze.com/stories/electoral-college-model-predicts-romney-will-win-big-in-2012-and-its-been-right-since-1980/

University of Colorado Professors Ken Bickers and Michael Berry have quite a set of bragging rights up their sleeve – namely, they’ve devised a mathematical model of the Electoral College that has predicted every Presidential race correctly since Ronald Reagan won the Presidency in 1980.

And despite recent polls showing the presidential race deadlocked both nationally and in key swing states, Bickers and Berry‘s model shows a race that isn’t even close. According to them, not only will Mitt Romney win, but he will win big, taking 320 Electoral Votes to President Obama’s 218 – a result almost as decisive as President Obama’s win against Senator John McCain in 2008.


Berry and Bicker's prediction, generated by 270towin
The Huffington Post explains how the model works:

To predict the race’s outcome, the model uses economic indicators from all 50 states and it shows 320 electoral votes for Romney and 218 for Obama, according to The Associated Press. The model also suggests that Romney will win every state currently considered a swing state which includes Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Minnesota, New Hampshire and Colorado.[...]
Berry cautions that just because the model has worked in the past, doesn’t mean it will work this time. “As scholars and pundits well know, each election has unique elements that could lead one or more states to behave in ways in a particular election that the model is unable to correctly predict,” Berry said in a statement. Some of those factors include the timeframe of the current economic data used in the study (the data used was taken five months before the November election, but Berry and Bickers plan to update it with more current data come September) as well as tight races. States that are very close to a 50-50 split, the authors warn, can fall in an unexpected direction.
Even given the caveats near the end, this is encouraging news for supporters of Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney, given that it shows a race where the raw economic data appears to favor a Republican win. Granted, the election is still months away, and given that Berry and Bickers plan to update their model later, this forecast could change.

However, if things stay as they are economically, President Obama could be in for a rout come November.

Illinois is a welfare state.  We will be leaving here when my daughter leaves for college, but our family is here.  We tried to tell the world about Obama--and were called racist.  The welfare state is alive and those who are takers vote democrat to protect their freebies.  It is sad--my public aid people live much better than the working class folks...Regan was the last Republican to win in Illinois.  

As for taxes, Matthew, i pay 12,000 a year to a school district I do not use,
7 3/4% sales tax on all purchases, and utility taxes at 3%.  

Obomba is more dangerous than Romney because he plays the race card at every opportunity. Otherwise there is no difference between the 2. Romney is going to take a dive just like Sonny Liston or Mc Cain or Dole. I hope I am wrong.

Obomba is more dangerous than Romney because he plays the race card at every opportunity. Otherwise there is no difference between the 2. Romney is going to take a dive just like Sonny Liston or Mc Cain or Dole. I hope I am wrong.

Not to be nasty, but I hope you are wrong too.....the delay to the "inevitable" may cause the course to change for the Glory of God.  

Nope.  PA will be blue, almost certainly.

I think this is the GOP's wishful thinking.

The demographic make-up of the country has been fundamentally altered.  

The media has a stake in trying to make it look like Romney has a good chance of winning.  I don't think they want the Republican sheep to realize they're on a track to almost never win future elections.  Republican voters need to think they at least have a chance of winning, and that the victory of a Republican candidate will make some marginal difference in future policies.

"Big Romney win predicted"  ... Who cares.

Either way, a liberal will be president again.

Romney is only getting to be president now because it's his turn.  The Republican Party chose Romney for me to be the next candidate.  The GOP can have him.  

I'm not voting anymore.  It's all rigged more than any of us can know.  To hell with their games.

true, Jim Condit had some good words on that this weekend

Hasten these days, Lord. The sooner things hit the bottom, the sooner we'll be able to see the renewal of the Church.

 

I wonder if people remember that Romney is a member of the Mormon religion which is Satanic, and entirely un-christian.

We have a choice between a Luciferian or a Muslim.

Pray for what? To get what we deserve?

Okay. I can do that.

Hasten these days, Lord. The sooner things hit the bottom, the sooner we'll be able to see the renewal of the Church.

Obomba believes that Jerusalem is the capital of Israel. I don't know any Muslims who believe that.