>>>>So, I look at Maine and it says that there are 2 votes for Obama and 1 for McCain and there is a check next to Obama's name indicating he won the state. I'm looking at other states and the numbers just don't make sense either. Why have such a slick tool if the results are screwy?
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>>>I always find it amazing when they call a state with only 2% of the vote in.
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>>%2 is a big number for statistical science.
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>It depend on where in the state it is. There are counties that have always voted Democrat and counties that have always voted Republican. If any counties were showing abnormal results during the exit polls or the polls leading up to the election, then they couldn't call it early. Look at North Carolina.
Sampling is an important issue for statistical. If you do right sampling, you will be know the future...
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