Entries tagged “Blue State”
New Mexico: Snapshot of a Swing State
By Sarah Scully on 10/27/2008
By Sarah Scully Albuquerque, NM John McCain and Barack Obama both spent their Saturday in New Mexico. The state that went blue in 2000 and red in 2004 has become one of the key battlegrounds in the final days before the election. With the Obama campaign encroaching on old Bush territories, including Nevada, Colorado and most notably, Virginia, they now have several potential routes for winning the magic number of 270 electoral votes. McCain has fewer options at this point, as states once considered safe for the GOP are slipping away. The McCain campaign, much like Hillary Clinton's, seems to... MORE »
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FUN with the Electoral Map
By William Rabbe on 10/20/2008
Take a look at the state of the race and test potential outcomes on the LA Times electoral map calculator (click create your own scenario): Hmm.... not much calculating to do with these polls, considering they've already got Obama up by 48 electoral votes. MORE »
Is There Really Such Thing As a 50 State Strategy?
By William Rabbe on 06/19/2008
By William Rabbe The concept of a 50 State Campaign Strategy has attracted much praise and disdain throughout the last several election cycles. The concept is that a campaign should, in effect, be able to campaign nationwide in all 50 states, as opposed to disproportionately targeting specific states that might swing from red to blue or vice versa. The Democrats have touted this strategy in 2008 -- and Obama's team has stated that they plan to run everywhere, even where they have no chance of winning. We all know that the elections of 2000 and 2004 boiled down to a... MORE »
Democratic Steamroller in November?
By William Rabbe on 04/26/2008
Many are wondering whether a prolonged nomination fight might actually help the Democrats -- from the Boston Globe in regard to Indiana, a traditionally "red" state: "The interest in the Clinton-Obama fight, they say, is helping to shift political identities. Thousands of people are signing up as new voters - 383,954 Hoosiers have registered since the 2006 election - while some people who have always voted Republican are deciding that they might just be comfortable casting a ballot for a Democrat. "While national Democratic leaders worry that the protracted campaign could damage their eventual nominee, local Democrats say that the... MORE »
