> My trusty election model, which historically has an 80% accuracy,
> predicted Gore to win by a wide margin. (Its inputs are the annual
> growth rate in after-tax personal income and the president's approval
> rating in the spring before the election.) So the election was his to
> lose, and he did. Sorta.
>
> Doug
Did your model take accouint of the megalomaniac spoiler variable? That subtracted oh, maybe 2 million votes (and the electoral votes of three or four states) from Gore's total.
-- Luke