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2016 Postmortem

LovePeacock

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3. No. Swing states are very real things thanks to the Electoral College.

Reply to bemildred (Reply #1)

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 01:05 PM

Sep 2012

If you live in Mississippi and you're a democrat, your vote means nothing because you don't live in a swing state.

If you live in Virginia and you're a democrat, you might want to vote this election because your state is actually in play (thus, a swing state).

I wish "swing state" was just some made-up concept because then everyone's vote might actually matter.

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Rethinking "what is a 'swing state'"? We must question the narrow conventional view that limits us [View all] Texas Lawyer Sep 2012 OP

PSA: "Swing State" is an opinion, not a fact. bemildred Sep 2012 #1

No. Swing states are very real things thanks to the Electoral College. LovePeacock Sep 2012 #3

"Very Real" opinions about future events. bemildred Sep 2012 #5

The 2008 "swing states" were as follows: LovePeacock Sep 2012 #7

I expect they do something every election, that's not the question. bemildred Sep 2012 #8

If not for Presidential elections.. fun n serious Sep 2012 #2

Swing states have nothing to do with the margin of lead that Obama or Romney may have. former9thward Sep 2012 #4

I'm not suggesting that the campaign ought to devote vast resources to winning NY, CA, or TX. I'm Texas Lawyer Sep 2012 #9

You are probably right but that is not the focus of the Obama campaign. former9thward Sep 2012 #10

I recall that, but that strategy was from a time before the President was a 4-to-1 favorite. Now Texas Lawyer Sep 2012 #11

Because even if those states are in play, they still don't matter. k2qb3 Sep 2012 #6

Three thoughts: First, those states DO matter down-ballot -- the President cannot pass his agenda if Texas Lawyer Sep 2012 #12

The possible Congressional seats to be won aren't necessarily in presidential swing states muriel_volestrangler Sep 2012 #13

Many of the tightest races are in the "expanded map" winnable states: Senate races in AZ, IN, MO, MT Texas Lawyer Sep 2012 #14

If we can't poll higher in Indiana and Missouri I doubt Arizona or South Carolina or Jennicut Sep 2012 #15

Even if we do not win Arizona, South Carolina, or Georgia, a campaign which lifted the campaign to Texas Lawyer Sep 2012 #16