Monday, April 16, 2012

Eleven Key States

Do you live in OH, NC, NV, VA, FL, CO, PA, WI, NM, IA, or NH? If so, you'll see a lot of the two major party presidential candidates and their surrogates in the run-up to the November election.

You will be inundated with TV ads for both candidates, your newspapers will be full of ads, your highways will be lined with presidential billboards, and your mailbox will be stuffed with their mailers. Why? Because political analysts consider either party's candidate could win in your state, because it is a toss-up.

If your state is not among that list of eleven, your state is taken for granted by one or the other major party. Extreme examples of this: Hawaii and Utah. I cannot imagine what sort of gaffe President Obama would have to commit to lose Hawaii. Likewise, Utah will vote for Romney, regardless.

See this Los Angeles Times article for details.