62 GOP-held House seats: Actual results vs. Forecast Model
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FRAUD SCENARIO ANALYSIS
62 GOP-held House seats: Actual results vs. Forecast Model
The current scorecard: 231D-197R with 7 seats undecided.
The model projects that the Democrats would win 41 of the 62
GOP seats,
assuming ZERO fraud. They won 29 with 7 races still undecided.
Model Assumptions:
Uncounted (spoiled, discraded, etc) ballots: 3% of total
votes, 75% of them
Democratic. This is based on the historical evidence that
uncounted votes
are primarily from Democratic minority precincts.
Switched votes: 4% of Democratic votes are shifted to the
Republicans.
Fraud Seats Won
Scenario: Dem GOP
No Fraud 41 21
Fraud 25 37
Given the fraud scenario, the Democrats could expect to win 25
GOP-held
seats (227D-208R), assuming they won all Democratic-held
seats. The fraud
model assumptions are assumed for all 62 districts.
These are the 15 districts most likely for fraud:
AZ-1, CA-11, CO-4, CT-4,
FL-13, FL-24, IL-6, IL-10, KY-4,
NM-1, NC-8, OH-1, OH-6, OH-15, PA-8
The Democrats scored upsets in NH-2, PA-4, IA-2, KS-2, MN-1.
The GOP won upsets in FL-13, OH-1, OH-2, OH-15, IL-6, IL-10,
IL-13 CT-4,
PA-6.
The follwing table depicts the relationship between the number
of races
stolen from the Democrats and the percentage of votes
switched.
Switched
Votes% 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Races 0 5 9 15 16 19 22 23 27 30 34 36
Because of the Democratic landslide, the GOP needed to switch
approximately
11% of Democratic votes (1 in 9) to reduce a Democratic pickup
by 36 seats.
They needed to switch 17% of Democratic votes (1 in 6) to
reduce a 40-seat
Dem pickup. They could not overcome the Democratic tsunami; it
would have
been too obvious since the election was an unprecedented
blowout. The model
indicates that they stole about 16 seats, assuming the fraud
scenario.
Uncounted and switched votes resulted in a 6% decrease in
Democratic
margin, reversing the vote share from 51.3D-48.7R to
48.7D-51.3R.
It looks like the vote-switching algorithm was similar to
2004. Kerry's
51-48 exit poll margin was almost exactly reversed in the
recorded vote
count.
NoFraud Dem Fraud Actual Forecast
Dem GOP Win Dem GOP Und Switch Switch
Avg 51.3 48.7 29 48.7 51.3 3 7 16
1 AZ 1 50.6 49.4 48.2 51.8 yes yes
2 AZ 5 51.6 48.4 yes 49.1 50.9 yes
3 AZ 8 56.6 43.4 yes 54.0 46.0
4 CA 4 47.2 52.8 44.9 55.1
5 CA 11 51.6 48.4 yes 49.1 50.9 yes
6 CA 50 43.4 56.6 41.2 58.8
7 CO 4 50.8 49.2 48.4 51.6 yes yes
8 CO 5 46.2 53.8 43.9 56.1
9 CO 7 58.8 41.2 yes 56.1 43.9
10 CT 2 51.0 49.0 yes 48.6 51.4 yes
11 CT 4 54.0 46.0 51.5 48.5
12 CT 5 52.6 47.4 yes 50.1 49.9
13 FL 13 51.4 48.6 48.9 51.1 yes yes
14 FL 16 54.6 45.4 yes 52.0 48.0
15 FL 22 51.2 48.8 yes 48.7 51.3 yes
16 FL 24 50.2 49.8 47.8 52.2 yes yes yes
17 ID 1 54.8 45.2 52.2 47.8
18 IL 6 57.6 42.4 54.9 45.1
19 IL 10 51.6 48.4 49.1 50.9 yes yes
20 IL 14 45.6 54.4 43.3 56.7
21 IL 19 42.6 57.4 40.5 59.5
22 IN 2 51.8 48.2 yes 49.3 50.7 yes
23 IN 8 55.4 44.6 yes 52.8 47.2
24 IN 9 50.8 49.2 yes 48.4 51.6 yes
25 IA 1 54.4 45.6 yes 51.8 48.2
26 IA 2 49.2 50.8 yes 46.8 53.2
27 KS 2 na na yes na na
28 KY 3 54.4 45.6 yes 51.8 48.2
29 KY 4 52.8 47.2 50.3 49.7
30 MN 1 48.8 51.2 yes 46.4 53.6
31 MN 2 46.8 53.2 44.5 55.5
32 MN 6 47.4 52.6 45.1 54.9
33 NV 3 48.0 52.0 45.7 54.3
34 NH 1 46.6 53.4 yes 44.3 55.7
35 NH 2 50.2 49.8 yes 47.8 52.2 yes
36 NJ 7 49.6 50.4 47.2 52.8
37 NM 1 54.8 45.2 52.2 47.8 yes
38 NY 3 47.0 53.0 44.7 55.3
39 NY 19 51.4 48.6 yes 48.9 51.1 yes
40 NY 20 56.0 44.0 yes 53.4 46.6
41 NY 24 56.0 44.0 yes 53.4 46.6
42 NY 26 48.4 51.6 46.0 54.0
43 NY 29 56.0 44.0 53.4 46.6
44 NC 8 52.8 47.2 50.3 49.7 yes
45 NC 11 53.4 46.6 yes 50.9 49.1
46 OH 1 51.6 48.4 49.1 50.9 yes yes
47 OH 2 52.2 47.8 49.7 50.3 yes yes
48 OH 10 47.8 52.2 45.5 54.5
49 OH 15 56.6 43.4 54.0 46.0
50 OH 18 61.4 38.6 yes 58.6 41.4
51 OK 5 39.4 60.6 37.4 62.6
52 PA 4 48.2 51.8 yes 45.9 54.1
53 PA 6 53.2 46.8 50.7 49.3
54 PA 7 54.4 45.6 yes 51.8 48.2
55 PA 8 51.8 48.2 yes 49.3 50.7 yes
56 PA 10 56.0 44.0 yes 53.4 46.6
57 TX 22 57.6 42.4 yes 54.9 45.1
58 VA 2 46.6 53.4 44.3 55.7
59 VA 5 37.4 62.6 35.5 64.5
60 VA 10 48.6 51.4 46.2 53.8
61 WA 8 47.4 52.6 45.1 54.9
62 WI 8 53.4 46.6 yes 50.9 49.1
Avg 46.65 45.63 DemWin Actual
11/05 Dem GOP Prob Winner
Group 1: Dems 9, GOP 3, Und 2
1 CO 7 54 38 100.0% Dem
2 OH 6 58 39 100.0% Dem
3 OH 18 53 33 100.0% Dem
4 IL 6 54 40 100.0% GOP
5 TX 22 36 28 100.0% Dem
6 AZ 8 53 41 100.0% Dem
7 OH 15 53 41 100.0% GOP
8 NY 20 53 42 100.0% Dem
9 NY 24 53 42 100.0% Dem
10 NY 29 53 42 100.0% Und
11 PA 10 47 38 100.0% Dem
12 IN 8 53 43 100.0% Dem
13 ID 1 38 34 100.0% GOP
14 NM 1 53 44 100.0% Und
FRAUD ALERT********************************
Group 2: Dem 14, GOP 11, Und 2
1 FL 16 48 41 100.0% Dem
2 IA 1 49 42 100.0% Dem
3 KY 3 52 44 100.0% Dem
4 PA 7 52 44 100.0% Dem
5 CT 4 51 44 100.0% GOP
6 NC 11 48 43 100.0% Dem
7 WI 8 51 45 100.0% Dem
8 PA 6 49 44 100.0% GOP
9 KY 4 45 42 99.8% GOP
10 NC 8 48 44 99.8% GOP
11 CT 5 46 43 99.6% Dem
12 OH 2 48 45 98.8% GOP
13 IN 2 50 47 96.8% Dem
14 PA 8 50 47 96.8% Dem
15 AZ 5 48 46 95.1% Dem
16 CA 11 48 46 95.1% Dem
17 IL 10 48 46 95.1% GOP
18 OH 1 48 46 95.1% GOP
19 FL 13 49 47 92.6% GOP
20 NY 19 49 47 92.6% Dem
21 FL 22 50 48 89.2% Dem
22 CT 2 48 47 84.9% Dem
23 CO 4 43 44 79.5% GOP
24 IN 9 46 46 79.5% GOP
25 AZ 1 38 41 73.2% GOP
26 FL 24 43 45 58.2% UND
27 NH 2 46 47 58.2% Dem
END FRAUD ALERT***************************
Group 3: Dem 4, GOP 16, Und 1
1 NJ 7 43 46 34.0% GOP
2 IA 2 48 50 20.5% Dem
3 MN 1 47 50 10.8% Dem
4 VA 10 42 47 7.4% GOP
5 NY 26 46 50 4.9% GOP
6 PA 4 47 51 3.2% Dem
7 NV 3 39 46 2.0% GOP
8 OH 10 46 51 1.2% GOP
9 MN 6 42 49 0.4% GOP
10 WA 8 45 51 0.4% UND
11 CA 4 43 50 0.2% GOP
12 NY 3 44 51 0.1% GOP
13 MN 2 42 50 0.0% GOP
14 NH 1 40 49 0.0% Dem
15 VA 2 43 51 0.0% GOP
16 CO 5 42 51 0.0% GOP
17 IL 14 42 52 0.0% GOP
18 CA 50 41 55 0.0% GOP
19 IL 19 36 53 0.0% GOP
20 OK 5 37 59 0.0% GOP
21 VA 5 35 61 0.0% GOP
UNDECIDED RACES:
• Ohio, 15th District: Rep. Deborah Pryce (news, bio, voting
record), a
member of the House Republican leadership, leads Democrat Mary
Jo Kilroy
race by 3,536 votes. Thousands of provisional ballots will be
counted
beginning Nov. 19 — a day later than normal in deference to
the Ohio
State-Michigan football game Nov. 18.
• New Mexico, 1st District: Republican Rep. Heather Wilson
(news, bio,
voting record) led Democrat Patricia Madrid by fewer than
1,500 votes out
of more than 200,000 cast, with about 3,700 ballots remaining
to be
qualified and tallied.
• North Carolina, 8th District: Rep. Robin Hayes (news, bio,
voting
record), a Republican, had a 449-vote lead over Democrat Larry
Kissell.
About 1,500 provisional ballots remained to be counted.
• Ohio, 2nd District: Rep. Jean Schmidt, a Republican who
called decorated
Vietnam veteran Rep. John Murtha (news, bio, voting record) a
coward, was
ahead of Democrat Victoria Wulsin by about 2,300 votes.
Counting
provisional and absentee ballots could take nearly two weeks.
• Connecticut, 2nd District: Democrat Joe Courtney led GOP
Rep. Rob Simmons
by just 66 votes. A recount is to be completed by Wednesday.
In Florida, a recount began Monday in the contest for the seat
Rep.
Katherine Harris (news, bio, voting record) gave up to make
her failed
Senate run. The Associated Press has declared a winner in that
race:
Republican Vern Buchanan, who leads Democrat Christine
Jennings by about
375 votes, or less than 0.02 percent.
• Washington, 8th District: GOP Rep. Dave Reichert led
Democrat Darcy
Burner by about 3,500 votes, but many ballots in this heavily
vote-by-mail
state remained to be counted.
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