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2016 Postmortem

NYC Liberal

(20,135 posts) Mon Sep 17, 2012, 04:54 PM Sep 2012

Electoral Map: 9/17/2008 vs 9/17/2012

From electoral-vote.com:

NC, NV, OH, FL, and NM were polling red for McCain.
PA and VA were tied.

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Electoral Map: 9/17/2008 vs 9/17/2012 (Original Post) NYC Liberal Sep 2012 OP

Seems the Numbers of the fredamae Sep 2012 #1

Yes. States gained/lost electoral votes after the 2010 Census. Drunken Irishman Sep 2012 #3

I know 2008 was the last time I paid any attention to that site Warpy Sep 2012 #2

fredamae

(4,458 posts)

1. Seems the Numbers of the

Reply to NYC Liberal (Original post)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 05:07 PM

Sep 2012

Electoral College are very different ...

Drunken Irishman

(34,857 posts)

3. Yes. States gained/lost electoral votes after the 2010 Census.

Reply to fredamae (Reply #1)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 05:45 PM

Sep 2012

States Obama won last go around lost more electoral votes than states McCain won.

But it also means Ohio is becoming less influential. In 1980, Ohio had 25 electoral votes. They now have only 18.

Warpy

(111,255 posts)

2. I know 2008 was the last time I paid any attention to that site

Reply to NYC Liberal (Original post)

Mon Sep 17, 2012, 05:15 PM

Sep 2012

and probably over that map that showed NM leaning GOP. Polls here in the state were giving it to Obama by double digits and in fact, we did go blue by nearly 15%.

They don't seem to pay much attention to the quality of the polls they use. If it calls itself a poll, it's averaged with the rest, no matter if it's a right wing push poll calling only Republicans.

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