Math: Assignment (Graphs, etc)

Those would be my two polls. I tried to crop to fit, so if the words are cut out, I'll have to go back and fix it.

Polls taken from Rasmussen (http://electoral-vote.com/evp2008/Pres/pres_polls.html)
Date Started: Feb. 17th, 2008.


Day Obama
0 41%
29 40%
55 40%
91 44%
125 43%
159 40%
187 41%
207 44%
214 45%
221 46%
223 46%
228 47%
235 47%
242 49%
244 49%
249 47%
256 49%






Day McCain
0 42%
29 46%
55 47%
91 45%
125 44%
159 46%
187 45%
207 51%
214 48%
221 50%
223 47%
228 48%
235 48%
242 47%
244 49%
249 49%
256 45%




State Choice:


I chose Ohio because it is a much-sought after state by both candidates. Both Barack Obama and John McCain are fighting for Ohio because it is a swing state and its number of electoral votes. It is important to me because I want to predict who will win to find the accuracy of my estimation. Because it could go either way in the election, I won’t be able to just guess, I have to use numbers and polls to find my results. Also, the graphs will be similar so and the accuracy of my line of linear regression will have to be perfect.




I beleive Senator McCain will win this sate because of his consistent lead in all the Rasmussen pollsm the graphs, and the line of linear regression. He has generally had a several point lead in the polls, starting from the February 15th, which was even before Obama had become the chosen Democratic Party nominee.