7-Eleven Promotion Again Forecasted Presidential Winner; See State-by-State Results
With its prediction of an Obama landslide victory, 7-Eleven’s 7-Election coffee-cup based political poll has scored a 3-peat win.
2008 marks the 3rd straight election that 7-Eleven consumer coffee cup preferences have accurately foretold the outcome of America’s most important political contest.
“…An historic moment we all share together…”
“The 2008 7-Election is an historic moment that we all share together,” said promotional political pundit Sean Kelly. “For too long, beverage-based promotional polling has been dismissed as mere marketing gimmickry. But this historic 3-peat has solidified the role of convenience store beverage polling in American politics. The voice of the American consumer will no longer be ignored. “
Pre-voting 7-Election results indicated a 60%/40% preference for Obama going into the election. Post-election numbers show that Obama won the election by a slimmer margin of 52% to McCain’s 46%.
The 7-Eleven results were 100% accurate in predicting a 50/50 tie in North Carolina, and were within 1-2 percentage points of calling the exact vote percentages in IL, MA, RI and KS.
Among the least accurate were the numbers for Ohio, where Obama won 51%/47% rather than the predicted 69%/31%, and in Virginia, where Obama won 52%/47% rather than the 7-Eleven prediction of 61%/39%.
7-Election forecast vs. actual election results (in bold):
OBAMA: 60% 52%
MCCAIN: 40% 46%
| PA
Obama: 62% 55% McCain: 38% 41% |
VA
Obama: 61% 52% McCain: 39% 47% |
CA
Obama: 64% 61% McCain: 36% 37% |
| NH
Obama: 50% 55% McCain: 50% 44% |
FL
Obama: 57% 51% McCain: 43% 48% |
AZ
Obama: 58% 54% McCain: 42% 45% |
| OH
Obama: 69% 51% McCain: 31% 47% |
IL
Obama: 61% 61% McCain: 39% 38% |
MO
Obama: 65% 49% McCain: 35% 49% |
| WA
Obama: 62% 57% McCain: 38% 41% |
MA
Obama: 62% 62% McCain: 38% 36% |
NC
Obama: 50% 50% McCain: 50% 50% |
| OR
Obama: 62% 55% McCain: 38% 43% |
NV
Obama: 64% 55% McCain: 36% 43% |
ID
Obama: 55% 62% McCain: 46% 36% |
| UT
Obama: 59% 63% McCain: 41% 34% |
CO
Obama: 64% 53% McCain: 36% 46% |
KS
Obama: 58% 57% McCain: 42% 41% |
| TX
Obama: 62% 55% McCain: 38% 44% |
IN Obama: 61% 50% McCain: 39% 49% |
DC Obama: 84% 93% McCain: 16% 7% |
| MI
Obama: 61% 57% McCain: 39% 41% |
WV Obama: 53% 56% McCain: 47% 42% |
MD
Obama: 60% 61% McCain: 40% 38% |
| DE
Obama: 67% 61% McCain: 33% 38% |
NJ
Obama: 53% 57% McCain: 47% 42% |
CT
Obama: 55% 60% McCain: 45% 39% |
| RI
Obama: 63% 63% McCain: 37% 35% |
VT Obama: 65% 67% McCain: 35% 31% |
ME
Obama: 60% 58% McCain: 40% 40% |
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