270 electoral college votes to win the US presidency

[stone_seeker]

Date: 9/9/2008 1:01:45 AM
Author: diamondfan
exit polling gets nailed a lot. if people hear one candidate is winning and it is by a large margin, often times, people for that candidate think they do not need to go. If they are for the other candidate, sometimes they feel why bother, if the margin is big enough they will not make a difference. To me, it all counts and it all matters. Go push that button or punch card, be heard...even if I have no clue how accurate it all it at the end of the day!

I think they will call New York (my state) for Obama before I even wake up on election day....

 

[luckystar112]

McCain now winning a majority of Independents

 

[swimmer]

Thanks Lucky for the info on swing voters moving towards Obama link

But neither of these articles has anything to do with the Electoral College. So perhaps we should just have a general election news thread?

 

[swimmer]

Hopefully this png will work...
Just want to get the conversation back on the state by state electoral process.

ETA So small! but a reminder that the House and Senate are also, in part, up for grabs.
Interesting that FLA is just totally tied. But VA is light pink, CO light blue, etc, go to the website for more clarity or if someone can do screenshots that are small enough...

 

[swimmer]

PA and VA in a dead heat.
http://www.electoral-vote.com/
link

 

[beebrisk]

Date: 9/8/2008 2:30:28 PM
Author: Krissie
I''ve had some interesting experiences over the past few months. I''m a lawyer and spend quite a few pro bono hours providing assistance to certain election protection groups (subset of some civil rights groups) and have seen it all, during the primary season and since then. I have staffed voter hotlines on primary days in various states and I have to say the overwhelming majority of calls were from Democrats who''d been turned away from the polls, either because their name was not on the rolls at the precinct, or because they registered at the DMV and their registration was erroneously entered, or because they were told they had to have voter ID.

So how come when the Dem''s swept the house and senate a couple of years ago, there wasn''t a word about hanging chads, disenfranchisement, bad machines, folks being turned away, intimidation, etc?

Seems to me these issues only come up when Republicans are serious contenders or win an election.

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