Four years ago, following the devastating loss on November 2nd, a series of meetings and get-togethers took place which lead to, among other things, the creation of this site.
In those meetings, the question as often asked:
could a site be created that would be our version of the Drudge Report?
One of the big concerns was that in the last Presidential election when the total vote was just over 105 million people, Drudge had reported that in the 24 hours leading up to the poll closing, his site had over 20 million visitors.
Obviously, not an apples to oranges kind of thing, but clearly, a significant percentage of people who voted on November 2, 2004, had visited the Drudge Report before doing so.
Flash-forward four years and hats off to Arianna, Kenny, Roy, and many more like all-star Colin, who have grown this site to the point where it's traffic is running approximately twice of what Drudge's was in September.
Begging the question:
From let's say 9:00 am Monday the 3rd to when the polls close on the 4th, what will Huffington Post's Traffic be?
My guess is in the title, but I could be wrong.
It might be less because there are so many more great sites now than there were four years ago.
It might be less because he inflated his numbers in the press four years ago.
It might be low because HuffPost is doubling Drudge and that would be a 40 million dollar day.
So here's the challenge.
Put your guesses in the comments. I'll pour through them after the election and find the person who guessed the closest.
I'll figure out a prize and at least a post with your name in the title. I bet I can talk Arianna into singing a book for the winner as well.