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	<title><![CDATA[Ten Surprises about Election '08]]></title>
	<url>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-richie/ten-surprises-about-elect_b_141989.html</url>
	<abstract><![CDATA[<p>My colleagues and I developed this analysis over the past couple days. Highlights include</p>

<p>* The Electoral College landscape of true swing states in fact shrank this year rather than expand. The key for Obama winning in new territory was winning nationally by 6% -- in a 50-50 year, even fewer states than in 2004 would have been close. Also, on the Electoral College front, a shift of less than a third of one percent of the vote in the right...</p>]]></abstract>
	<taxonomy><![CDATA[Politics]]></taxonomy>
	<date_published>2008-12-07T05:12:00-05:00</date_published>
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