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 Blue States Dominate, 
 and Purple Gains Ground 

Dramatic shift in electorate favors liberals: poll

Jan 29, 09 12:49 PM CST
(Newser) - Blue states are far bluer than red states are red, says a new Gallup poll. Party registrations favor Democrats—they lead by 10 or more percentage points in 29 states and the DC, compared to four states where Republicans dominate—suggesting that Dems can expand on ther gains they made... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • partisanship • Utah • Rhode Island • electorate • red state • blue states • Election 2008 • Gallup poll • swing states • party politics

(Newser) - At 5 tonight, a wave of exit-polling results will be distributed to media insiders, who'll try manfully to resist sharing anything that might prejudice voters—even though it will kill them. At 6 pm, the results will start rolling in, and Politico gives you a play-by-play guide to what to... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Missouri • Election Day • Senate race • exit polls • Election 2008 • swing states • battleground states • House race

Nader, Barr Could Still Tip Some Tight Races

Third-party candidates could play a role in some states

Nov 1, 08 10:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Third-party candidates haven’t won much attention in this election, but in some hotly contested states their candidacies could still affect the outcome, the Boston Globe reports. Independent Ralph Nader and Libertarian Bob Barr could play a role in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Missouri, and Ohio, among others, the paper reports—... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Ralph Nader • third parties • swing states • Bob Barr

ANALYSIS

No, Matt Drudge, the
McCain Gap Isn't Closing

FiveThirtyEight's Silver smacks down "tightening polls" narrative

Oct 31, 08 7:31 AM CDT
(Newser) - Calm down, writes Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight.com. There's no need to panic over a couple of polls, trumpeted by Drudge, showing the race tightening. “Man, I thought I trained you guys better than this,” he notes. One, the Mason-Dixon poll, shows Obama up by only 4 in... More »

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Election 2008 • swing states • polls

ANALYSIS

Is McCain Closing the Gap? Not Fast Enough: Silver

Republican picking up little to no ground

Oct 30, 08 7:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain isn’t moving up on Barack Obama in the polls—at least not fast enough to be significant, writes statistics guru Nate Silver at his blog FiveThirtyEight.com. The Republican appears to be about six or seven points back. While he’s picked up maybe a point in... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • poll • Election 2008 • swing states

(Newser) - The election is heating up in Virginia, with fake notices and lawsuits flying around the swing state. The majority black region of Hampton Roads has been blanketed with official-seeming fliers falsely stating that Democrats are to vote November 5, Talking Points Memo reports. And the NAACP has sued the state,... More »

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voter fraud • Virginia • Election Day • NAACP • Election 2008 • swing states • voter intimidation

ANALYSIS

Amish Could Give McCain Crucial Swing-State Support

Many members of sect, concentrated in Ohio, Pa., voted Bush in '04

Oct 28, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - With John McCain now focused on winning Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania, he could get help from a group that has traditionally avoided politics: the Amish. When they do vote, Amish are thought to be 100% Republican because of their views on abortion, Benjamin Sarlin writes in the Daily Beast; George... More »

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John McCain • Republican • GOP • Ohio • Pennsylvania • Indiana • Amish • Election 2008 • George W. Bush • swing states • the religious vote • battleground states

Obama Pushes Don't-Let-Up 'Closing Argument'

'We are one week away from changing America,' Dem says in Ohio

Oct 27, 08 2:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama warned voters today against acting as if he’s already won the election, urging them not to “let up for one day, one minute, or one second in this last week,” CNN reports. Speaking in Canton, Ohio, Obama charged that 4 more years of “Bush-McCain”... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • taxes • Ohio • Barack Obama supporters • Election 2008 • swing states

Candidates Bombard Swing States With Radio Ads

Campaigns like low cost, lower accountability

Oct 27, 08 2:10 PM CDT
(Newser) - Although conventional radio may seem obsolete, it is an important tool of the presidential campaigns this year, USA Today reports. Political advertising is flooding the airwaves in battleground states as the campaigns take advantage of the cost: $500 to $600 per airing for a 30-second spot in Northern Virginia, compared... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • radio • radio advertising • undecided voters • Election 2008 • swing states • battleground states

 Raise Your Hand If 
 You're Sick of the Election 

Voters suffering from 'electoral exhaustion,' especially in swing states

Oct 27, 08 4:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - News flash: Voters are getting sick of hearing about the election. With just eight days to go the battleground states are weary with campaign fatigue, particularly in places like Iowa, where the candidates have made a total of 263 stops. "People are fed up with it, and maybe they... More »

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voters • fatigue • Election 2008 • swing states

Obama Takes Big Leads in Big Ten Country: Polls

Crucial Midwestern battlegrounds show sizable advantages for Democrat

Oct 23, 08 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama enjoys sizable leads in crucial Midwestern states, a Big Ten Battleground poll shows. Across Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, and Minnesota—home to the universities in the Big Ten Conference and key battlegrounds in previous elections—Obama leads John McCain by margins of at least 10%. More »

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Barack Obama • Big Ten • Democratic campaign • Election 2008 • swing states • opinion polls • battleground states

 Hillary, Obama Blitz 
 Fla. for Early Votes 

Clinton, Obama take to the stage together as Dems battle to flip the Sunshine State

Oct 21, 08 6:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton threw herself into the battle for Florida as early voters packed polling places yesterday, the Washington Post reports. Barack Obama, pulling out all stops in an effort to flip the state to the Democratic side, led a crowd of 50,000 in chants of "Hil-lar-y" as the... More »

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Florida • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Obama 2008 • Election 2008 • swing states • battleground states

ANALYSIS

Democrats See On-Edge Exurbs as Election Key

Economic unease, shifting demographics sap GOP strength

Oct 20, 08 10:38 AM CDT
(Newser) - Economic anxiety may give Democrats a chance to advance into traditionally Republican outer suburbs this year, the Washington Post reports. In many key states, especially Virginia, the downturn and housing-market meltdown have severed the outer edges of metropolitan areas from the GOP. Largely centrist voters in exurban Virginia have driven... More »

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Barack Obama • Virginia • exurbs • ethnic diversity • Election 2008 • swing states • Patio Man

 Violent Muslim DVD 
 Seen as Stealth 
 Attack on Obama 

28 million DVDs inserted into newspapers in key battleground states

Oct 16, 08 5:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - A DVD on Muslims packed with violence and inserted into newspapers in key swing states is being viewed as a not-so-subtle attack on Barack Obama, reports CNN. Entitled Obsession, the production appears to capitalize on erroneous impressions that the Democratic candidate is Muslim and may be soft on terrorism. Some... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • DVD • Muslim • Election 2008 • swing states • Obsession

Ohio Must Check Voter Registrations: Court

GOP wins fight to have new registrations cross-checked with government info

Oct 15, 08 6:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - A federal appeals court has sided with the GOP and ordered Ohio to set up a computer system by Friday to verify new voter registrations, the Cincinnati Enquirer reports. Registrations must now be cross-checked with other government information. Ohio's secretary of state, accused of partisan bias by Republicans, had argued... More »

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Ohio • voting • voting irregularities • voter registration • swing states • Acorn

ANALYSIS

Face Time Pays Big for Obama in Battlegrounds

Dem and surrogates pound pavement, outhustle GOP

Oct 13, 08 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - One reason for Barack Obama’s lead in the polls: He and his surrogates have simply outhustled the Republicans, the Wall Street Journal reports. Obama, wife Michelle, and running mate Joe Biden have had 95 swing-state appearances since Sept. 5, to 55 for their Republican counterparts. Personal appearances like these... More »

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Election 2008 • swing states • McCain-Palin • Obama-Biden

 Obama Sways 
 Ohio Swing Votes, 
 Door by Door 

Impromptu canvassing before debate prep wins over neighbors

Oct 13, 08 2:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama made an unannounced tour through an Ohio neighborhood yesterday, knocking on doors and talking to voters in the crucial swing state, reports the Toledo Blade. Surprised residents took the opportunity to talk policy and snap photos with the candidate, and several undecided voters said they were won over... More »

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Barack Obama • presidential debate • Ohio • Toledo, Ohio • Election 2008 • swing states

Blue-Collar White Women Shift to Obama

Economic worries overcome key group's reservations about Obama

Oct 11, 08 4:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - America's "Jane Sixpacks" are leaning toward the Democratic ticket in growing numbers, the Wall Street Journal reports. White, working-class women voters make up nearly a quarter of the electorate, and polls are finding that the economic crisis is convincing more voters in this vital group to back Barack Obama,... More »

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Barack Obama • working class • female voters • blue-collar vote • Election 2008 • white women • swing states

 Florida Vote Could 
 Hinge on Youth, 
 for a Change 

The domain of the retirees has growing, active young voter bloc

Oct 9, 08 10:19 AM CDT
(Newser) - Florida is used to being the center of attention in election years, but senior centers and condo complexes no longer wield all the power. The swing state may have reached the point where its under-30 residents can tip the balance to Barack Obama, reports Time. Florida’s population is actually... More »

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Florida voting • young voters • swing states

Swing States
Are Illegally Blocking Voters

NYT finds thousands wrongly removed from rolls, mostly Dems

Oct 9, 08 6:46 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tens of thousands of voters in at least six battleground states have been illegally removed from the rolls or blocked from voting, a New York Times investigation has discovered. The actions appear to stem from errors in complying with a 2002 federal law rather than from partisan bias, but it... More »

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voting rights • Election 2008 • voting process • voter registration • swing states

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