Obama Electoral Map

Bob Novak Just Doesn't Get It

Brian Normoyle | Posted 12.07.2008 | Politics

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Brian Normoyle

The President-Elect flipped eight Bush states to the blue column and managed to get two states to elect a Democrat for President for the first time in nearly half a century.

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McCain Aides Search For "Narrow-Victory Scenario"

NY Times | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

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Confronting an increasingly bleak electoral map, top aides to Senator John McCain said Thursday that they were searching for a "narrow-victory scenari...

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Obama Aims To Flip Indiana

AP | TOM DAVIES | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

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INDIANAPOLIS — Democrats typically skip right over reliably Republican Indiana when plotting presidential campaign strategy. Not Barack Obama....

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Obama Scales Back 50-State Strategy

Time | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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Barack Obama has never been particularly shy about his hope to reshape the political landscape of a country deeply divided between red and blue. To mu...

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Obama's Lincoln Strategy?

Chicago Sun-Times | Abdon M. Pallasch | Posted 10.23.2008 | Chicago

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The map hasn't changed all that much in 148 years. But the political parties have switched places. The northeast part of the country, from Illinois t...

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Was Obama's 22-State Strategy A Mistake?

FiveThirtyEight | Posted 10.16.2008 | Politics

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Some scattered thoughts on the ponderable above: 1. Thave been some particular resource allocation decisions made by the Obama campaign that I've bee...

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Chuck Todd: Electoral Map Shifting To Obama

Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics

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A month ago, NBC's electoral map showed an exact tie between Obama and McCain -- including 'base' and 'lean' states, each had 200 electoral votes. But...

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Polls: Obama Making Inroads In 10 Bush States

CQ Politics | Posted 07.15.2008 | Politics

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According to recent polls, Sen. Barack Obama is doing extremely well in states that have voted Republican in recent presidential elections....

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Poll: Obama Beating McCain In Montana

Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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A new Rasmussen poll, Obama is leading McCain by five points in Montana -- a state George Bush won by 20 points in 2004. More details: In April, th...

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"Whistling Past Dixie" Author: Obama Will Lose The South

NY Times | Posted 07.09.2008 | Politics

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THE interim between the primaries and the parties' nominating conventions is, according to ancient writ, a fertile period for presidential campaigns t...

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Obama: Going North to Alaska!

Amanda Coyne | Posted 07.03.2008 | Home

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Last night in Anchorage, Obama staff told a small crowd that Obama would be coming to campaign in Alaska. A new poll has the margin closing here dramatically, to 5 points with 17 percent undecided.

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Obama Could Win Vote, Lose Election

Politico | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Why President Obama Could Lose Ohio & Florida

Ari Melber | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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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.

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McCain Strategy Unveiled: Another New Map

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 07.23.2008 | Home

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Daniel Nichanian

The plan is not as innovative as its designers suggest. Obama will be played up as beyond the mainstream and California as seriously in play, both ideas unlikely to rattle the Obama campaign.

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Betting On Obama's New Map

Daniel Nichanian | Posted 06.05.2008 | Home

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Daniel Nichanian

Obama is strong in the Rockies and weak in the Appalachians. His map is tilted to the west. He may well win Col. and even Nev. in the general election but how does that balance against Ohio, Penn. Fl.?

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