Electoral Math, From Knucklebiter To Landslide
I am ready to take a look at the map and do some electoral math. Now, we're still pretty far out from Election Day, but we've got to start somewhere.
I am ready to take a look at the map and do some electoral math. Now, we're still pretty far out from Election Day, but we've got to start somewhere.
CNN | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics
Two more states have shifted to Barack Obama's column in the new CNN Electoral Map that charts the candidates' strength leading up to the November ele...
Politico | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
Until 2000, it hadn't happened in more than 100 years, but plugged-in observers from both parties see a distinct possibility of Barack Obama winning t...
Ari Melber | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics
If Obama can close the deal out West -- winning back Colorado, Nevada and New Mexico while simply holding the states that went for Kerry in 2004 -- then he can win.
Chris Weigant | Posted 05.30.2008 | Politics
As the primary election season sinks slowly in the West (South Dakota and Montana, to be exact), we turn our eyes (finally!) to the general election c...
Talking Points Memo | Eric Kleefeld | Posted 05.29.2008 | Politics
So what's Obama's route to the White House in a general election? How can he make the electoral map work for him? How dramatically does he have to rem...
Paul Abrams | Posted 05.23.2008 | Politics
History tells us that few people vote for a ticket because of the vice-presidential candidate. However, Bill Richardson could change the electoral map -- now, and for two generations.
Simon Rosenberg | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
One of the big arguments coming from both the McCain and Clinton camps has been that Obama cannot win those northern industrial states and that they can. But is this true?
AP | LIZ SIDOTI | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — The electoral road to the White House favors Democrats this fall _ either Barack Obama or Hillary Rodham Clinton _ and has Republic...
Daniel Nichanian | Posted 04.10.2008 | Home
Obama and McCain are both up in states mostly abandoned by their parties and down where previous nominees have been strong.
HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 03.07.2008 | Politics
We have no Democratic nominee yet, but that doesn't mean that your pollsters are holding back on thinking ahead. SurveyUSA has jump started this disc...
Chris Weigant | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics
Professional pundits like conventional wisdom. It's comfortable for them to say what "everyone knows" with the voice of authority. But, seeing how o...
Wall Street Journal | Laura Meckler | Posted 02.15.2008 | Politics
In recent presidential elections, the electoral map largely has been fixed, with certain regions predictably loyal to one party or another and the com...
HuffingtonPost.com | Max Follmer | Posted 11.07.2007 | Politics
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Chris Weigant | Posted 06.30.2008 | Politics