In the end, Barack Obama didn’t need the 19 electoral votes represented by Colorado, Nevada, and New Mexico, three states won by George W. Bush in 2004, to make it to the White House. But he won all three, two with double-digit margins. Early analysis of the blue shift in western states credits a range [...]
Battle for the West: Post-election Roundup
November 6th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: · Battle for the West, Colorado, Denver, election day, exit polling, Las Vegas, Latino voters, Latinos, Nevada, New Mexico, Washoe, youth vote
Waning Influence of Colorado Springs Evangelicals
November 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Anti-abortion activists rally against Sen. Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention in August (Getty Images)
Salon’s Mike Madden visited the New Life megachurch in Colorado Springs on Sunday and found the political energy muted. The evangelical Christians he spoke with were lukewarm on McCain (though excited about Sarah Palin) and appeared to be bracing for [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, Battle for the West, Catholics, Christians, Denver, Evangelicals, Evangelicals For Obama, Focus on the Family, James Dobson, John McCain, pro-choice, pro-life
Battle for the West: Numbers Game
October 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Sen. Barack Obama and 100,000 of his closest friends in Denver on Sunday (Reuters)
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“well over 100,000“: record-breaking number of supporters who came out to hear Barack Obama speak at the foot of the capitol in Denver on Sunday
2.5 miles: length of the line to get into an Obama rally in Fort Collins minutes before it [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, Battle for the West, Colorado, Denver, early voting, John McCain, Las Vegas, Nevada, New Mexico, Reno, Sarah Palin, voter registration
