First of all, I overlooked one of the entries to this contest, and it looks like it’s a winner. Mark sent it this entry, which I missed:
Mark:
Changes to your handicapped picks:
Move from Trump to Biden: Florida, Georgia, Maine, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.
Move from Biden to Trump: -0- (none)
Mark said my 2020 presidential handicapping would have five wrong, and he is right. Mark was also the one who suggested how we would deal with the two states that split their electoral votes: Giving it to the candidate who got the highest number of votes in that state. Good thing he did, because I got one of them wrong. Maine should have been in the Biden column as he got three of the four votes available. I had Nebraska right as Trump got four of the five votes available.
Here’s what I got wrong:
I had these states for Trump. They went to Biden: Georgia, Maine, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin.
I had this state for Biden, should have gone to Trump: North Carolina
Besides Mark, we had two other winners, who said I had five wrong:
Don K. 5 wrong:
Biden gets Florida, Maine, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Georgia.
Not Florida.
Paul: 5 wrong.
Biden gets Wisconsin, Maine, Pennsylvania, Florida and Georgia.
Not Florida
So, I have three charities that will receive $100 from me, plus I am going to donate $100 to Seattle Compassion Services since I also had five wrong. Mark, the “Mr. President” champion, was so sure that he would win that he listed his charity with his entry:
My charity is Operation Nightwatch
Fed nonprofit #: https://www.seattlenightwatch.org/about-us/financials/
donation page:
https://connect.clickandpledge.com/w/Form/49906231-7abd-40fd-9e12-3571cf04e3eb
Don and Paul, what charities do you want to receive $100 from Outobut Polling?
Thank you to the others who participated in this handicapping adventure. Here is a participant medal you can cut out and hang next to your computer.
Also, we are not waiting for Trump tantrums, court cases, recounts, endless rounds of golf before he moves out of the White House. Even the nine jockeys in their black silk robes could not throw out this election. At least, I hope not.
And we have a suggestion for a new assignment from Claudia:
“I have a new assignment for you! I would love to see your cabinet picks. I want to see a diverse cabinet, and I would love to see a female majority. I have a lot of ideas and a lot of picks, but am always open for input and organization 
“
That is a big task. However, I am willing to give it a try. Let’s limit it to those who are in the line of succession and not the ones that have been added by presidents on top of those in the line of succession. The would mean that after the Vice President, the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate, these are in the line of succession:
- Secretary of State, Department of State
- Secretary of the Treasury, Department of the Treasury
- Secretary of Defense, Department of Defense
- Attorney General, Department of Justice
- Secretary of the Interior, Department of the Interior
- Secretary of Agriculture, Department of Agriculture
- Secretary of Commerce, Department of Commerce
- Secretary of Labor, Department of Labor
- Secretary of Health & Human Services, Department of Health and Human Services
- Secretary of Housing & Development, Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Secretary of Transportation, Department of Transportation
- Secretary of Energy, Department of Energy
- Secretary of Education, Department of Education
- Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Department of Veterans Affairs
- Secretary of Homeland Security, Department of Homeland Security
Fifteen Cabinet spots. Prizes to be named later.