The Obama camp began airing ads today in seventeen battleground states, some of which are typical swing states and some of which are designed “to sort of drive McCain and Republicans crazy,” as Chuck Todd put it on “Meet.” The strategy being that Obama has no chance of winning Georgia, but it’ll keep the McCain [...]
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Once Upon a Time in the West
Once upon a time the West was solid GOP territory, but in 2008, the Democrats hope to make the region competitive.
The Los Angeles Times and the Politico have very similar but interesting articles today about how the top presidential contenders for each party are campaigning throughout the West early this week. Both Barack Obama and [...]
Cillizza Posts His Latest Electoral Map Line
Washington Post’s Chris Cillizza is releasing a new presidential electoral map line each Friday. Here is his latest list on Cillizza’s The Fix b.og, along with The Electoral Map’s own analysis. What do you think?
10. Florida (Bush, 52 percent)
The Fix: “Polling suggests that if Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) is the nominee, [...]
Navigating the “Southwest Passage”
In a fascinating article in The American Prospect today, Tom Schaller dissects whether or not John McCain will thwart the Democrats’ hopes to capture the southwest in 2008. He makes the usual key points that McCain has good name recognition in the West and has a good rep with Hispanics.
But Schaller also adds some [...]
Candidates Hope to Redraw the Electoral Map
Which candidate can expand the electoral map: Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama? Which one can win the red states that failed Al Gore and John Kerry and pull together a winning geographic coalition?
These are some of the key questions that Democratic voters are asking as the two presidential hopefuls battle in out in primary [...]
Electoral Map Daily Compass: Post-Super Bowl, Pre-Super Tuesday Edition
A lot of stuff to cover today.
Each of the frontrunning GOP candidates has a primary in his home state tomorrow. [Politico]
Romney could win the popular vote in California, but loose the delegate count to McCain [The Barrometer]
It’s almost certain that Obama and Hillary will tie California’s delegates. [Trailhead]
Hillary gives Patriots fans a kick in the [...]
It’s “Prediction Time” at National Review Online
The National Review Online team had some fun on Tuesday predicting what the electoral map will look like one year from today. Here are some highlights:
NRO staff writer David Fredoso: “Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney (R) will lose the presidency to Sen. Hillary Clinton (D). Clinton will win a 48-percent plurality…. [She] will win by [...]
Democrats and a Southwestern Strategy
Simon Rosenberg and Pete Leyden believe that Democrts could be poised for a generation takeover, much in the same way that FDR ushered in a new era in 1932 and Ronald Reagan redrew the map in 1980. In the latest issue of Mother Jones, the two Democratic strategist lay out their blueprint for that new [...]
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