The Election: Religion, Simulation and Prediction

So who's going to win? Being a pundit and not a prophet, I can only predict the past, so ask me on Nov. 5. My guess (and hope) is that it will be Sen. Obama.

John Allen Paulos, a professor of mathematics at Temple University, is the author of the best-sellers "Innumeracy" and "A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper," as well as of the just-released "Irreligion: A Mathematician Explains Why The Arguments for God Just Don't Add Up." His "Who's Counting?" column on ABCNEWS.com appears the first weekend of every month.

LINKS:

Princeton Election Consortium

FiveThirtyEight - an electoral predictions Web site

Sciencedebate2008 - a consortium of scientists, engineers and concerned citizens