Last week’s contest was won by Geoduck. It was near Marston, MD.
This week’s is back to Google Maps, a random location somewhere on earth, good luck!
Last week’s contest was won by Geoduck. It was near Marston, MD.
This week’s is back to Google Maps, a random location somewhere on earth, good luck!
| Obama | Romney |
| 98.9% probability | 1.1% probability |
| 311 electoral votes | 227 electoral votes |
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The Monte Carlo analysis gives Inslee wins 751,986 times, and McKenna wins 243,119 times, suggesting that, in an election held now, Inslee would win with a 75.6% probability and McKenna would win with a 24.4% probability:
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You weren't an Elector, nor was I. However, I was a whole lot closer to matriculating at the Electoral College than any of our readers -- had Maria Ehsan, the Elector chosen at the 7th Congressional District's Democratic caucus back in May, been unable to attend the Electoral College meeting in Olympia, yours truly (the Alternate Elector from WA-07) would have taken her place as one of Washington's 12 Electors.
So I was right there in the State Reception Room in Olympia's Legislative Building at noon on December 17, peering over the shoulders of the Electors as they cast their votes.... [Read more... ]
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“a random location somewhere on earth”
More specifically, a random location on a freeway with a single-digit “U.S.” interstate highway symbol over it. I can’t make out the number, but it looks like a “5″ or “6″. The backyard decor looks like what you’re see along I-5 in the vicinity of Des Moines. The foliage has to be a major clue, though, it doesn’t really look like around here.
Arleta CA. In Google Maps.
One of the reasons why I like the Google version is because the resolution is good enough to almost read the freeway signs. Opens up a whole new set of possible views with various clues based on knowing highways and directions…
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Good win! Just as I was getting online to check. I assume this was posted at 1 as it normally does after the clocks move ahead…
Found it just a few minutes too late.
The sign on the left is for I-5 to Sacramento.
@5: I started at Sacramento and ran south along I-5. This is almost the first wide place in the road after metro Sacramento itself.
@4: Saved by the time change: I never have time after church til at least 1, and usually well after 2, so the late posting was a help to me.