The New York Times provides an excellent resources for all things political on their five-thirty-eight blog. They run countless computer models and simulated elections, and in doing so, have predicted an Obama victory on November 6th.
Your extra credit for this week is to check out the blog and then compare it to the actual election results. How accurate were the predictions and models? What did it get wrong? If there are some glaring mistakes made on the blog (for example: if Romney wins) what does this tell you about political polls and prediction models?
Lastly; for all you 18 year olds, remember to VOTE!