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States That Matter

"Elections are won by men and women chiefly because most people vote against somebody rather than for somebody." -Franklin P. Adams

Super Tuesday was once viewed as the day that would likely determine the Republican and Democratic presidential nominees. But Feb. 5th voting only added uncertainty to the race. Which states matter most now?

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September 2008
- Swing States Will Face Voting Glitches: Report
  
  CNN | Sep 19, 08 8:46 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Little has been done to fix voting problems in some key states over the last few years, and voters in those states could have problems at the polls in November, CNN reports. Ten swing states—including Florida and Ohio—are likely to face voting day snarls, including shortages of voting machines, glitches with electronic registration poll books, and not enough provisional ballots on hand for voters who hit snafus. More »
- Deal Ends Budget Impasse
  
  San Francisco Chronicle | Sep 19, 08 1:55 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and the California state legislature have ended a nasty budget showdown with a compromise expected to be approved today, reports the San Francisco Chronicle . The agreement eliminates extra withholding from workers' paychecks, and bridges a $17 billion budget gap largely by adding penalties on corporations that underpay quarterly taxes and reducing reserve funds.The deal ended an 80-day stand-off in which Schwarzenegger threatened to veto the budget—and lawmakers threatened to override his veto. More »
- GOP Mailing Confuses Voters in Swing States
  
  Miller-McCune | Sep 18, 08 7:47 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Republican mass mailings have some swing-state residents confused about their voting status, Miller-McCune reports. Mailers with absentee-ballot applications or requests for updated voter-registration records in at least eight states were either missing information or organized confusingly, which could lead to discounted votes or registration errors. More »
- Obama Hopes to Find Southern Comfort in Va.
  
  New York Times | Sep 18, 08 9:07 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Barack Obama is seeking to become the first Democrat to win Virginia since LBJ in 1964. He's got a good shot, writes the New York Times : demographic changes favor his party, and Virginia has now elected two Democratic governors and a senator. But John McCain has the support of several key constituencies, and the critical race is neck-and-neck. More »
- Poll: Obama, McCain Tied in 5 Key States
  
  CNN | Sep 18, 08 6:02 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - The race for the White House is in a dead heat in some vital swing states, according to a new CNN poll. The poll found John McCain and Barack Obama effectively tied in Florida and Ohio while in North Carolina, Indiana, and Wisconsin—where both contenders are pouring resources—neither candidate has a clear advantage. Obama, meanwhile, has wiped out McCain's post-convention lead, according to a new Reuters poll. More »
- Dems Again Losing Catholics Over Abortion
  
  New York Times | Sep 17, 08 10:37 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Though progressive Catholics have worked hard to convince churchgoers that the Democrats share the church's views on the Iraq war, immigration, and health care, abortion is again turning Catholic voters away from the party, the New York Times reports. As conservative bishops have scolded Catholics like Nancy Pelosi and Joe Biden for contradicting the church's teachings, liberals are facing a setback. More »
- 'Wal-Mart Mom' Voters Swing, Will Be Crucial
  
  Time | Sep 10, 08 8:40 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Polls clearly show the white women's vote swinging away from Barack Obama and it's a particular group the candidate needs to worry about most, Karen Tumulty writes in Time . Soccer moms comprised the key swing group in 1996, and "security moms" did last election, Tumulty notes. This time, it's the "Wal-Mart moms"—or grandmas—who could win it, she adds. More »
- Working Women Leery of Palin
  
  Los Angeles Times | Sep 7, 08 12:11 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Working-class women may decide who makes it to the White House, and while Sarah Palin piqued the interest of many undecideds, her gender isn’t enough to override their main concerns over soaring food and gas prices, unaffordable health care, and record-high unemployment. The Los Angeles Times takes the pulse of blue-collar women in the battleground state of Pennsylvania. More »
- Palin Pick Takes Battle to New States
  
  New York Times | Sep 6, 08 5:34 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain's camp is pushing some states back into play in the presidential election, convinced that Sarah Palin has re-energized GOP voters, the New York Times reports. McCain believes Palin improves his chances in Ohio and Pennsylvania, states Barack Obama is counting on. And with just 8 weeks left, both campaigns have defined an unusually wide swath of state-by-state battles. More »
- Just How Blue Is Michigan?
  
  Wall Street Journal | Sep 6, 08 11:14 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Michigan has gone blue in four out of the past five presidential elections, but the crucial state is anything but a lock for Barack Obama this year. The Wall Street Journal assesses a slew of factors—the state's highly charged racial politics, John McCain's good standing among GOP moderates and independents, Obama’s absence from the state primary, and his association with the disgraced mayor—and finds that the bellwether state's 17 electoral votes are very much in play. More »
August 2008
- DNC Keynoter Is Red-State Success Story
  
  Christian Science Monitor | Aug 26, 08 1:17 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Keynoting tonight at the Democratic Convention is former Virginia Gov. Mark Warner, who broke through partisan gridlock despite the state’s conservative tilt and his own northern roots, the Christian Science Monitor reports. Warner, a successful businessman before entering politics, was elected governor of Virginia in 2001. Though faced with a Republican legislature and one-term limit, he left office a huge success. More »
- McCain Pulls Even with Obama in Ohio: Poll
  
  The Hill | Aug 18, 08 4:55 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - John McCain has caught up to Barack Obama in Ohio, a possible indication that staunch Hillary Clinton supporters have neither forgiven nor forgotten, the Hill reports. Obama led in the crucial swing state in June and July, but a new poll shows him and McCain tied at 45%. Almost 90% of Republicans support McCain, to just 75% of Democrats backing Obama. More »
- Va. Joins Ranks of Swing States
  
  Washington Post | Aug 4, 08 1:17 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Buoyed by recent Democratic gains in Virginia and President Bush's unpopularity, Barack Obama is taking aim at the once reliably red stronghold, the Washington Post reports. John McCain’s campaign is optimistic that he will carry the state, which Bush won twice by wide margins, but a top adviser cautions that even though the state has gone Republican since 1964, you can’t just “add water every 4 years.” More »
- NH Senate Rematch a Likely Bellwether Race
  
  New York Times | Aug 4, 08 5:37 AM CDT