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32 Post author: Academian 05 November 2012 01:02AM

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Comment author: Unnamed 05 November 2012 11:21:39PM 7 points [-]

Gelman, Silver, and Edlin have a more recent paper looking at the 2008 election, which estimated that California voters had a 1 in 1 billion chance of being decisive and that 1 in 10 million was the maximum probability of being decisive (for voters in the four swingiest states).

Comment author: CarlShulman 06 November 2012 12:49:05AM 1 point [-]

I think the polls are closer in 2012 than 2008.