Monday, August 20, 2012

The Electoral College Map (8/20/12)

Slow Monday.

New State Polls (8/20/12)
State
Poll
Date
Margin of Error
Sample
Obama
Romney
Undecided
Poll Margin
FHQ Margin
Oklahoma
7/26-8/14
+/- 4.4%
495 likely voters
29
58
13
+29
+31.16

Polling Quick Hits:
Oklahoma:
Hmmm.

What can you say about the new Sooner Poll of likely voters in Oklahoma? I can think of a couple. First of all, this is the first poll out of a Strong Romney state in quite a while. The market has been flush with surveys covering the gamut of every state categorization but this one. In that regard, the silver lining is that we have some -- superfluous, perhaps -- confirmation from new data that Obama is not going to win Oklahoma. As I said earlier today, "Everyone put your purple crayons away." The other thing is that Obama gained a couple of points since the last Sooner Poll and Romney dropped a handful. And well, that got things under 30 points for the president, which takes us right back to point number one above.


Status quo. The map is unchanged and ruby red Oklahoma maintains its position deep in the heart of the Republican side of the ledger on the Electoral College Spectrum.

The Electoral College Spectrum1
RI-4
(7)2
NJ-14
(160)
NH-4
(257)
AZ-11
(167)
MS-6
(55)
HI-4
(11)
WA-12
(172)
OH-183
(275/281)
MT-3
(156)
ND-3
(49)
NY-29
(40)
MN-10
(182)
CO-9
(284/263)
GA-16
(153)
AL-9
(46)
VT-3
(43)
NM-5
(187)
VA-13
(297/254)
WV-5
(137)
KY-8
(37)
MD-10
(53)
CT-7
(194)
IA-6
(303/241)
IN-11
(132)
KS-6
(29)
CA-55
(108)
OR-7
(201)
FL-29
(332/235)
SC-9
(121)
AK-3
(23)
MA-11
(119)
PA-20
(221)
NC-15
(206)
LA-8
(112)
OK-7
(20)
IL-20
(139)
WI-10
(231)
MO-10
(191)
NE-5
(104)
ID-4
(13)
DE-3
(142)
NV-6
(237)
TN-11
(181)
AR-6
(99)
WY-3
(9)
ME-4
(146)
MI-16
(253)
SD-3
(170)
TX-38
(93)
UT-6
(6)
1 Follow the link for a detailed explanation on how to read the Electoral College Spectrum.

2 The numbers in the parentheses refer to the number of electoral votes a candidate would have if he won all the states ranked prior to that state. If, for example, Romney won all the states up to and including Ohio (all Obama's toss up states plus Ohio), he would have 272 electoral votes. Romney's numbers are only totaled through the states he would need in order to get to 270. In those cases, Obama's number is on the left and Romney's is on the right in italics.

3 Ohio
 is the state where Obama crosses the 270 electoral vote threshold to win the presidential election. That line is referred to as the victory line.

The Watch List? I'll tell you what: If Oklahoma ever enters the Watch List, Obama will have won the election or the polling industry has crumbled. Neither's happening.

The Watch List1
State
Switch
Connecticut
from Strong Obama
to Lean Obama
Georgia
from Strong Romney
to Lean Romney
Michigan
from Lean Obama
to Toss Up Obama
Missouri
from Toss Up Romney
to Lean Romney
Nevada
from Lean Obama
to Toss Up Obama
New Hampshire
from Toss Up Obama
to Lean Obama
New Mexico
from Strong Obama
to Lean Obama
North Carolina
from Toss Up Romney
to Toss Up Obama
West Virginia
from Strong Romney
to Lean Romney
Wisconsin
from Lean Obama
to Toss Up Obama
1 Weighted Average within a fraction of a point of changing categories.

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