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Old 05-24-2012, 08:33 PM
 
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RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Electoral Map

Give Obama OH, MI, NH and either WI or CO. Give Romney everything else.

This is how Obama will win.
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Old 05-24-2012, 08:36 PM
 
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That seems like a fair assessment at this time.
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Old 05-24-2012, 08:51 PM
 
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Dont forget though, all of the popular vote polls are based upon registered voters so far, but as we get closer to election time they start to poll most likely voters, and that changes the demographics of the results.
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Old 05-24-2012, 08:53 PM
 
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Dont forget though, all of the popular vote polls are based upon registered voters so far, but as we get closer to election time they start to poll most likely voters, and that changes the demographics of the results.
And that the vast majority of undecided go to the challenger.
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Old 05-24-2012, 09:04 PM
 
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...and that the popular vote is not nearly as important as the Electoral College.
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Old 05-24-2012, 09:53 PM
 
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I'm too lazy to copy paste save etc, so just click the link.

RealClearPolitics - 2012 Election Maps - Electoral Map

Give Obama OH, MI, NH and either WI or CO. Give Romney everything else.

This is how Obama will win.
Give Ohio, FL, MO, IA, VA and NC to Romney, all the other toss-ups to Obama...and Romney wins.
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Old 05-24-2012, 09:59 PM
 
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Dont forget though, all of the popular vote polls are based upon registered voters so far, but as we get closer to election time they start to poll most likely voters, and that changes the demographics of the results.
Likely voter polls when you get closer in actually don't change it all that much in a Presidential year, you see more of the gap in the midterms. Also when you are further out you see more of a variance with the likely voter polls because its tougher to see who is a likely voter 6 months out than a few weeks out.
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Old 05-24-2012, 10:00 PM
 
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And that the vast majority of undecided go to the challenger.
John Kerry and Bob Dole might want to have a word with you on that....
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Old 05-24-2012, 10:26 PM
 
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Give Ohio, FL, MO, IA, VA and NC to Romney, all the other toss-ups to Obama...and Romney wins.
Thank you, I'm so sick of people giving Obama the swing states by default and acting like its Romney's burden to win them. They're called swing states for a reason!
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Old 05-24-2012, 11:00 PM
 
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Thank you, I'm so sick of people giving Obama the swing states by default and acting like its Romney's burden to win them. They're called swing states for a reason!
While they might be called swing states for a reason, some of them tend to lean more one way than the other.

For example considering Obama has led in 7 of the last 9 polls in Virginia and each of the last 10 polls in Ohio, I think its safe to say Obama has the advantage there at this point. In Florida, at this point its pretty much dead even, the last 8 polls show Obama leading in 4, and Romney leading in 4.

Obviously things can change as we are 5 and a half months out, however at this point Obama has an easier path to 270 than Romney does
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