# We're in the home stretch:  Election predictions

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-the-home-stretch-election-predictions/269032>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [October 13, 2004, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-the-home-stretch-election-predictions/269032 "2004-10-13T16:49:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-the-home-stretch-election-predictions/269032/341 "2004-11-08T14:27:43Z")

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Nature of the game, buddy. Campaigns should be dispassionate in analysis and passionate in the hustings.

I admit I have trouble seeing the ‘mandate’ the analysis is playing up given that 60000 voters changing sides in Ohio would have changed it. Would that have made it a Kerry mandate?

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-the-home-stretch-election-predictions/269032/342 "2004-11-08T14:57:46Z")

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I’ve got no problem with Amnesty International. That’d be fine.

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**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\
**Post date:** [November 8, 2004, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-the-home-stretch-election-predictions/269032/343 "2004-11-08T15:53:33Z")

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Jeez, you try to tease someone and they take it all straight. I’ll find a veteran’s charity. Shouldn’t be too hard.

Man, and I was going to hit you up for one of those cool new two-tone coins, too.

Now I have to figure out how to get two cases of beer to Kwajalein.

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**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-the-home-stretch-election-predictions/269032/344 "2004-11-09T02:41:06Z")

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I tried to get myself one of those two-tone quarters too. I think they look great. But the Tim Horton’s around here is all sold out. They say they’re getting more.

If I can get my hands on some, I’ll be glad to send you one.

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**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2004, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/were-in-the-home-stretch-election-predictions/269032/345 "2004-11-09T10:53:32Z")

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> [@Jonathan Chance](#):
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> Jeez, you try to tease someone and they take it all straight. I’ll find a veteran’s charity. Shouldn’t be too hard.

How do you feel about the [VFW](http://www.vfw.org)?

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