On Election Day Eve’s Eve’s Eve, thoughts turn toward the future in all its possibilities. Will Barack Obama reshape progressive politics by sweeping the swing states? Will John McCain turn the corner and surprise the pundits with a victory? Will the whole thing take days or months to sort out, in a repeat of 2000? Will Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury declaration prove true come Wednesday? The American Presidential election offers no shortage of prognosticative possibilities for the chin-scratcher, from the straight and narrow analytics of Real Clear Politics to lefty or righty slants.

Some poll watchers are not confining their surveys to this terrestrial sphere. While political pundits obsess over the horse race every four years, other observers not so bound to Earth’s schedule peer into the future all the time. A panel of astrologers has weighed in on the race: “Saturn will oppose Uranus on election day. It’s been 45 years since this last happened, it signifies ‘social change, transformation, and possibly upheaval.'” That sounds like an Obama win come Tuesday.

Seriously, though, if you are striving for accuracy in the overall Presidential prediction, your search starts and ends with Weekly Reader. A favorite childhood periodical surveys children every four years, and frankly, they’re pretty darn good. While this year, their methodology might be a bit off — Texas, South Dakota, Alaska to the Democrats and Minnesota to the Republicans? — their results are rock solid. These kids have correctly identified the winner of the Presidency in 12 of the last 13 races.

From the mouths of babes to the signals in the sky: With so little time remaining, where do you go for your electoral prediction fix?

Photo by Serena McClain.