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berni_mccoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 08:23 AM
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Obama Electoral Votes with > 5% Margin: 260 (Strongest EV rating yet plus BONUS Bounce)
Edited on Thu Aug-28-08 08:24 AM by berni_mccoy
If you count just the states where Obama has > 5% margin, he has 260 electoral votes.

McCain: 176.

This is Obama's strongest EV count yet.

From www.electoral-vote.com:


The graph above shows the electoral votes again but omits the "barely" states. The electoral votes of a state only count in this graph if the candidate has a margin of 5% or more over his opponent.

BOUNCE
Furthermore, while the national poll data continues to show a tight-race with no bounce, the EV data is clearly showing a bounce. Looking at the graph of total EVs, we can see this clearly:

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berni_mccoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 08:58 AM
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1. Kicking for the good news that it is.
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Lisa0825 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 09:07 AM
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2. K&R!
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DangerousRhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 09:09 AM
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3. Good news... I'll take it!
I must admit that every time I see one of those stupid daily polls and they're going down, down, down... I start to feel down.

This lifts me right back up and I thank you for it. :D
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berni_mccoy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:04 AM
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4. with the constant MSM bombardment of negative spin, we could all use it.
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DangerousRhythm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-28-08 10:27 AM
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5. Damn straight.
Thanks again! MUST think positive... :scared:
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