I will be hosting an Election Night Viewing. For those invited to the viewing there will be a contest to win a $25 gift certificate to Target. Here are the rules:
All predictions for the contest must be received via email (to me) by 11:59pm (EST (Eastern Standard Time) on November 6th, 2006. One submission per person.
US Congress Contest
60% of your score will be determined by the House of Representatives Portion
40% of your score will be determined by the Senate Portion
The formula for your total score will be = ( ((Senate Portion Score) * .6) + ((House Portion Score) * .4) ). Whomever has the highest score wins the gift certificate.
Senate Portion (Currently it is D: 44 R:55 and I: 1)
Democrat: X
Republican: Y
Independent / Other: Z
X + Y + Z = 100 (it must equal 100 or your prediction is automatically disqualified).
Scoring: Thus if the actual (a) is D:50 R:49 I:1 and your prediction (p) was D:51 R:48 I:1 your score would be 98 for the Senate races. The formula is 100 - ( | Dp - Da | + | Rp - Ra | + | Ip - Ia | ) . Please note: The | | symbol is for the absolute value of.
House of Representatives Portion (Currently it is D: 202 R:232 and I: 1)
Democrat: X
Republican: Y
Independent / Other: Z
X + Y + Z = 435 (it must equal 435 or your prediction is automatically disqualified).
Scoring: Thus if the actual (a) is D:215 R:215 I:5 and your prediction (p) was D:210 R:220 I:5 your score would be 97.71 . The formula is 100 - (( | Dp - Da | + | Rp - Ra | + | Ip - Ia | ) / 4.35 ). Please note: The | | symbol is for the absolute value of.
5 comments:
Dave: What tune do the festivities start?
Do you mean "time"?
Josh,
8pm. :-) Invites go out this weekend (via email). I have already started designing the maps.
Awesome. Do you have access to a map/poster-size printer? I'm going to look into seeing if I can get your maps printed on the one at my school... I can't promise anything, but I'll try...
Josh,
I do have access to a poster sized printer. Yipee!
David
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