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
Notes From Battleground State Voters
November 4th, 2008 · No Comments
Huffington Post’s Off The Bus project asked readers to weigh in on their election day voting experiences. I parsed through some of the raw data and highlighted some of the responses from swing states. My introduction below; voter impressions after the jump.
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Hundreds of reports on your election day experiences have poured into OfftheBus, and in [...]
Tags: · Barack Obama, election day, John McCain, swing states, turnout, voting