The PB MidTerms Prize Competition – did you get closest to the O’Rourke vote share?
Meanwhile the money goes on O’Rourke for WH2020
Exactly a month ago we launched the PB Prize Midterms competition with the question being:
What will be the vote share (to 2 decimal points) of the Texas Democratic candidate, Beto O’Rourke, in the election set for four weeks on Tuesday?
It was noted then that “Because it can take some time for final vote share in US elections to be determined this competition will be settled on the vote shares the New York Times is showing at 2200 GMT on Wednesday November 7th.”
The precise share down to two decimal points at the stated time was 48.32%. Whoever got closest is the winner.
If you think you were close then please check your entry on the thread here and send me an email.
The prize is the Phil Cowley/Denis Kavanagh study of the 2017 general election which has just been published.
Meanwhile the money has been going on Beto to be the Dems’ nominee for WH2020. He’s now second favourite. This was the view of Beto by Cruz’s chief strategist, Jeff Roe:
“The Democrats don’t have anybody like him. I’ve seen all of them. They don’t have anyone of his caliber on the national stage. I pray for the soul of anyone who has to run against him in Iowa in 453 days.“