Electorial Vote

The Electoral Vote Predictor can be used in a number of ways. The website tracks state-by-state polls for President and Senators, and presents the results in map, spreadsheet, table, and graph form. The Data Galore link archives data in-depth(!) from current and past elections.

These resources can be used in areas including science, math and social studies. It provides a graphic example of how the Electoral College works, and shows that while a single observation may be inaccurate, a large observation set will (usually but no always) be very close to the final result. The home page blog tracks current election and political news, with a special real-world emphases on polling and statistics in many postings.

The site is maintained by Andrew S. Tanenbaum (V), a U.S. citizen and professor of Computer Science living in Amsterdam, and Christopher Bates (Z), teaching at UCLA and Cal Poly Pomona.

Highly recommended.