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Battle for the West: Post-election Roundup

November 6, 2008 – 4:02 pm

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 [...]

By rjrivera | Posted in The Western Edge | Also tagged Battle for the West, Colorado, Denver, exit polling, Las Vegas, Latino voters, Latinos, Nevada, New Mexico, Washoe, youth vote | Comments

Notes From Battleground State Voters

November 4, 2008 – 3:25 pm

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. — Hundreds of reports on your election day experiences have poured into OfftheBus, [...]

By rjrivera | Posted in The Western Edge | Also tagged Barack Obama, John McCain, swing states, turnout, voting | Comments

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