We spend a lot of time discussing various market indicators, and how to balance some against others when they are in apparent conflict.
So when I came across Dan Froomkin‘s take of USA Today six ‘reliable’ presidential-election indicators, I simply had to reproduce them:
• Economic formula suggest Bush wins;
• Low approval-rating precedent says Kerry wins;
• War-president precedent says Bush wins;
• Ohio is a bellwether: Tossup;
• Northern Democrats don’t stand a chance. Bush wins;
• Kerry is taller; Kerry wins
The fact that these disagree with each other makes them all the more amusing . . .
Sources:
Election-predicting tools point both ways
Depending on which criteria you use, either Bush or Kerry is a lock to win in November
Susan Page
USA TODAY, June 24, 2004
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20040624/6314204s.htm
White House Briefing
Dan Froomkin
Washington Post, Thursday, Jun 24, 2004; 11:50 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/administration/whbriefing/
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