# Does Fox News have an electoral prediction map?

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 9, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fox-news-have-an-electoral-prediction-map/467162 "2008-10-09T14:16:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fox-news-have-an-electoral-prediction-map/467162/1 "2008-10-09T14:16:23Z")

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I’m looking for the most partisan/McCain-biased map I can find that has a veneer of credibility to it. I figured Fox News would be the best source, but I can’t seem to find one on their site. Am I missing a link or have they decided not to have one this year? If they don’t can anyone suggest something similar?

Thanks,

Rhythm

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fox-news-have-an-electoral-prediction-map/467162/2 "2008-10-09T15:56:10Z")

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[3BlueDudes](http://3bluedudes.com/ProjectDatabase.htm) has one of the most comprehensive “site of sites” listings, showing the Obama / McCain predictions for an astonishing array of predictive sites. I don’t think there are any remaining that predict a McCain win but a few holdouts still have McCain just a few electoral points behind.

EDIT: one site “Spin Cycle” has it down as a tie

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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fox-news-have-an-electoral-prediction-map/467162/3 "2008-10-09T16:14:56Z")

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> [@AHunter3](#):
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> EDIT: one site “Spin Cycle” has it down as a tie

Of course, that’s as of September 23, when McCain’s numbers were looking a lot better than they are now.

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**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2008, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fox-news-have-an-electoral-prediction-map/467162/4 "2008-10-09T17:33:09Z")

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Thanks for the links.

Am I wrong or did Fox have such a map at one time?  
ETA: oh, on 3BlueDudes, what do the letters stand for? L, R, M, and AC? I’m guessing **L** eft, **R** ight, and probably **M** oderate – but what about AC?

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**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2008, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-fox-news-have-an-electoral-prediction-map/467162/5 "2008-10-10T00:11:38Z")

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“academic”, I think but I’m not sure.