GE MAP McCain vs Obama

[GoldieAZ49]

I was surprised there are so many "leaning" ie:purple states

Interesting if you like to look at the odds/options

http://www.270towin.com/2008_polls/mccain_obama/

[Yael]

1. They think Mass is going to be a swing state?

LOL!

[GoldieAZ49]

2. I am in Arizona, they think it is a right "leaning"

I would think McCain would be a given here

[Herman Munster]

11. think again

Deval Patrick has been a flop.

[Yael]

12. When was the last time MA went Republican?

[Mass]

13. Reagan vs Mondale: 1984.

[Yael]

14. Thanks!

[GoldieAZ49]

18. That site has maps of every election results at the top of the pg is the link

very interesting to see historically which way the states went

[earthlover]

3. based on this map, we win

[CitizenLeft]

7. yep, that's what I come up with too.

[progressive_realist]

4. I seriously doubt Oregon, Massachusetts, or Florida will be swing states

Oregon and Massachusetts are blue, and Florida will go red unless there is a total blowout.

I can definitely see Wisconsin, New Mexico, Missouri, Ohio, and Pennsylvania being the battlegrounds initially. But I think both Ohio and Pennsylvania will quickly revert to the Dems column. And that leaves the repubs with an impossible to win situation.

[bbinacan]

5. Check out this analysis.

Although the owner of the site is a conservative, he has liberal input from folks who can start their own threads. His electoral prediction in 2004 was the most accurate I've seen. Check out his test run for this election.

http://www.federalreview.com/2008/02/xxxxxx-2-xxxxxx-4-xxxxxx-8-xxxxxx-12.htm

edit for spelling

[CitizenLeft]

9. that shows NJ as a toss-up state?

Add NJ to that map, and the Dem gets 270. We win!

[CitizenLeft]

6. I'll give 'em FL because I think he'll choose Crist as his VP...

...and even if he doesn't, I don't think we can take it. But if that map stands, all Obama (or Hillary) would need is PA, OR, & WI, and of course MA. That right there is 289, over the top. That's without even OH. If only!

[invictus]

8. Then Obama will win. n/t

[NoSheep]

10. Statistics can be skewed to fit anyone's scenario. I haven't heard any McCain

buzz like I've heard Obama buzz. They could steal it again but that's all they could do.:shrug:
If I were a mod, I'd lock this thread. If I were you I'd reconsider posting this neo-con propaganda. It's even more negative than the screaming idiots I've heard around here lately.

[Occam Bandage]

15. That's an Obama landslide, but there's a lot of time left until

the election. Funny to see MA, PA, and OR swing states. Funny to see VA, MO, CO, and NV winnable. Funny to see MN be solid blue.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

16. that map is fucked up and so wrong...MA is a "swing" state since when?!?

[debatepro]

17. Oregon and MA are not swing states.

MA has 2 democratic senators and a democratic governor... it isn't john McCain territory.

[JorgeTheGood]

19. what a joke ...

AZ = leaning red???? McCain's home state where he wins senator seats with 70% and never even campaigns? Did I mention it's also a huge NRA state?

CO = blue ??? The centroid of the NRA? Wait until McCain unleashes Obama's gun control past on the blues of CO ... LOL

CA = strong blue? Obama had better figure out a way to get the hispanic vote or he's in deep trouble in CA ... not to mention the miitary vote and the red necks who now control several areas of the state ... San Diego, Orange County, most of Central and San Joaquin valleys ... 'Amnesty' John is gonna be strong in CA and IMHO -- he turns CA red.

FL = swing? Bull - FL is a strong red state and will remain a strong red state.

VA = blue? Ya ... the largest concentration of military in the country (probably the world) and they're gonna vote for Obama who doesn't even know there are Al-Quida in Iraq over a war-time hero?

I was going to go through most of the map but I have to stop here ... it's so laughable there is little use in even reading it ... let alone critiqing it. ROTFLMAO.

[damonm]

20. Your CA analysis misses a major point...

The Republicans cost themselves much of the Hispanic bloc in 2006, and Hispanics here in CA don't seem to have forgiven them yet. I don't see CA going Red anytime soon. But I agree otherwise - MA a SWING state? AZ LEANING red? IL LEANING blue? OH & PA I can see as swing states, but not OR - reliably blue there. MO, according to my aunt, could go blue for Obama (McCaskill's a HUGE Obama fan), but it would be iffy for Clinton. KS could actually turn blue - Sebelius is a major Obama supporter as well.

I expect 271 -261, Obama.

[hogwyld]

21. I'm an Oregonian

And I can guarantee it will be blue. Swing state my fat ass...