Swing Voter Calculator

here's a fun interactive tool that shows how swingy a voter you are. it makes a lot of assumptions based on just a few criteria to choose from, but at least in terms of me, it was dead-on. btw, i'm not swingy, at all.

enjoy!

That was kind of fun. I'm in the light orange and my final score was 77. I could go full swinger if I clicked protestant rather than none on the religion scale.

I'm in Ohio so we're getting lots of love from both candidates.

I got a 47 (avocado green) - still.  I would have been a swinger had I been religous - I wonder why that is?  Are they saying religion makes one 'conflicted'? ha

I lost 21 points for being non-religious. It's the non-religious who are more apt to vote a certain way. (meaning against Palin)

i did a couple test runs (i.e. i lied). you'd be the swingiest if you were an uneducated white, protestant, middle-aged man in a majorly swingy state.

Is swingy anything like mavericky?

I lost swinger points due to no religion answer....

I got 100 and am a swing voter.  I currently live in Indiana(a red state) which may go democratic for the first time since 1964 (I think).  Hmmm... no wonder i am getting calls from obama's camp. 

Original Post by bagga:

Is swingy anything like mavericky?

if you're swingy, you're definitely not mavericky. or maybe you are. that's what makes you swingy!

Original Post by moonikins:

I'm in Ohio so we're getting lots of love from both candidates.

 I got an 86, losing 14 points for being non-religious.  I'm not a swing voter, so it wasn't very accurate for me.

I'm in MO, and I'm kind of tired of "Battleground state" status.  I've already got a date for the prom - leave me alone already!!!!

I got a 24!  Apparently I am dead set.

Hmmm.  32 in the United States, and 25 in Pennsylvania.  That's true now, but 6 months ago I was truely undecided, so it would have been untrue then.

Yeah santo, I feel your pain. Ohio just swung into the Leaning Obama category so I expect more heat from the red side. Only 6 more days of ads and campaigns. Whoopee!

I am a 28 year old college educated, Protestant, white female, who lives in Ohio.  I received a 89 and am orange.  I think it's just because I am in Ohio.  I am completely set on who I am going to vote for. 

Original Post by jenniferthepennifer:

I got a 47 (avocado green) - still.  I would have been a swinger had I been religous - I wonder why that is?  Are they saying religion makes one 'conflicted'? ha

 Nah.  The chart's actually measuring how much the campaigns will prioritize calling you (over other voters).  So, there are two main factors: how easily they could convince you to vote for them and how many people you could potentially influence to vote the same.  I guess they figure church-goers are the type to go missionary for the cause?

I got a 7.  If I lived in PA instead of NY, I would have been a 55.

Go figure.

I don't think the calculator is trying to guess if you're undecided or not. It's more of a calculation of how important your vote is. As in, could your vote swing this election and are you in demographic that is worth going after?

That's why they weigh where you live so heavily. Since I'm in California, I scored a 14. If I were 29 instead of 30 I would have received a 1. Both campaigns are ignoring me, it's assumed that I'm voting for Obama.

Original Post by susiecue:

I guess they figure church-goers are the type to go missionary for the cause?

too dirty...must...make...joke! 

Original Post by dalmalama:

Original Post by susiecue:

I guess they figure church-goers are the type to go missionary for the cause?

too dirty...must...make...joke! 

 LOL

I got a 100...does this mean they'll be stopping by my house?

Original Post by tommywantwingy:

I got a 100...does this mean they'll be stopping by my house? 

not only that, but they're going to pick you up, piggyback-style, and carry you to their stretch hummersines waiting outside your house, then feed you chocolate covered strawberries and have barely clad nymphs (the gender your choice) massage you all over as they drive you to your local polling place. BOTH sides will do this. they'll stage a cage match on your lawn to see who gets to take you first.

I got a 100 too! I'm 34, a female, a Protestant, a college grad, and in NC.  I guess I'll get ride to the polls...