October 7 Projection

In the USA there are five hundred and thirty eight electoral votes that decide an election. This led to an intriguing website founded by Nate Silver: fivethirtyeight.com
Nate is a baseball statistician who decided to apply his craft to politics:
“What we do over there and what I’m doing over here are really quite similar. [...]

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Are you in NC and need to register? It’s easy!
download the application here!
Fill it out and mail it to your County Board of Elections before October 10!
Where’s your NC County Board of Elections? Find out here.
Are you an out-of-state college student in NC and wonder if you can vote in NC?
The answer is YES “if [...]

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…at least according to a new ranking and survey created by Men’s Health Magazine.
There were a number of rankings listed, including number of registered voters, percentage of active voters, resident political contributions, campaign spending, etc. The summation of all of that led to the overall “Most Political” ranking that Raleigh won.
Apparently, North Carolina in general [...]

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