MSNBC.com users predict election outcome

MSNBC has an interactive feature called iPredict, in which users can predict the outcome of the presidential election. There is one chart for " John McCain will win the U.S. presidential election", and likewise one for Barack Obama. The user selects and clicks one symbol indicating two thumbs up, one thumb up, thumbs down or sideways based on how likely they think that outcome is. Sideways means "toss up". The graph for McCain shows a big spike in users who said a win was likely after the Palin nomination. Users can switch views between the past month, 3 months, and 1 year. It also gives data on number of voters, average vote, and percent change over the past week. One thing it seems to be missing, however, is a way for the user to view both graphs at the same time to compare what readers predict for Obama and McCain. The feature is obviously interactive because it allows users to give their input in some way, and compiles all the votes to create a data set based solely on user input. It would be interesting to see those kinds of numbers for readers/viewers of different newspapers and tv stations, , but can't be done through either of those mediums.