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Anonymous

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Americans Think Obama Will Win

A new Wapo/ABC poll shows that 59% of the voters think President Obama will be reelected vs. 34% who think Mitt Romney will win. Note that this is a completely different question than who the voter supports. The polling data on who people will vote for gave Obama a mere 3% lead, 49% to 46%. In other words, there are millions of voters who want Romney to win but don't expect him to do so.

Another take on this is to look at the betting site intrade.com where bettors are giving Obama a 67% chance and Romney a 33% chance. That is 2 to 1. Romney's problem is that he has tanked in the past week, presumably due to the furor around his criticism of President Obama, before he knew all the facts concerning the riots in Egypt and Libya, where four American diplomats were killed.
 

Faster horses

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Oldtimer said:
Americans Think Obama Will Win

A new Wapo/ABC poll shows that 59% of the voters think President Obama will be reelected vs. 34% who think Mitt Romney will win. Note that this is a completely different question than who the voter supports. The polling data on who people will vote for gave Obama a mere 3% lead, 49% to 46%. In other words, there are millions of voters who want Romney to win but don't expect him to do so.

Another take on this is to look at the betting site intrade.com where bettors are giving Obama a 67% chance and Romney a 33% chance. That is 2 to 1. Romney's problem is that he has tanked in the past week, presumably due to the furor around his criticism of President Obama, before he knew all the facts concerning the riots in Egypt and Libya, where four American diplomats were killed.

Church ain't over til the fat lady sings. :D
 

TexasBred

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Rasmussen Daily Tracking Poll

Monday, September 17, 2012

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Monday shows Mitt Romney attracting support from 47% of voters nationwide, while President Obama earns 45% of the vote. Four percent (4%) prefer some other candidate, and four percent (4%) are undecided. See daily tracking history.

Eighty-five percent (85%) of conservatives support Romney, and 91% of liberals plan to vote for Obama. As they have throughout the campaign, voters under 40 tend to prefer the president, while their elders favor Romney.

When “leaners” are included, the race is tied with both Obama and Romney at 48%. Leaners are those who are initially uncommitted to the two leading candidates but lean towards one of them when asked a follow-up question.
 
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Obama 332


Romney 206
Today counting in the polls of where the tossup/must win states sit-- this is the electoral vote...

But here is an interesting feature arising..

Three Republican Presidential Electors May Not Vote for Romney

When the voters go to the polls on Nov. 6, they are actually voting for electors pledged to the candidate they voted for. Presidential electors are actual people, with spouses, kids, dogs, opinions, and the rest of the stuff that goes with being people. They are not entries on some National Excel Spreadsheet. In some states electors are elected, just like convention delegates; in others, they are chosen by the state party. They will meet in their respective state capitals on Dec. 17 and cast their electoral votes for President. These electoral votes will be counted in a joint session of the newly elected Congress on Jan. 3, 2013.

Twenty-four states have laws requiring the electors to vote for the popular vote winner in their state (except Maine and Nebraska, which split electoral votes by congressional district), but if an elector decides to vote for someone else, that vote is still valid. Such an elector is called a "faithless elector," and could be punished, but none has ever been. In the other states, electors may legally vote for anyone they want to. Throughout history, 82 faithless electors have voted for the "wrong" candidate on their own initiative. Here is the list of faithless electors since WWII.

Year Note
2004 One Minnesota Democratic elector (accidentally?) voted for Vice Presidential candidate John Edwards.
2000 D.C. Democratic elector Barbara Lett-Simmons did not vote, as a protest for D.C's lack of statehood
1988 Lloyd Bentsen got 1 EV from a faithless elector in West Virginia
1976 Washington Republican elector Mike Padden voted for Ronald Reagan
1972 Virginia Republican elector Roger MacBride voted for Libertarian John Hospers
1968 North Carolina Republican elector Lloyd Bailey voted for George Wallace
1960 Oklahoma Republican elector Henry Irwin voted for Harry Byrd
1956 Alabama Democratic elector W.F. Turner voted for Walter Jones
1948 Tennessee Democratic elector Preston Parks voted for Strom Thurmond


While the parties try to pick electors they can trust, this year apparently Ron Paul supporters have managed to get themselves onto the slates that are supposed to vote for Mitt Romney, if they are chosen. Now three of them have come out and said they may not vote for Romney. There may be other stealth Paul supporters still in hiding, as Paul took control of five state caucuses. Others may be pretending to be Romney supporters but are not. There is no way to know if any will be faithless until the electoral votes are actually counted.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/3-republican-members-of-electoral-college-may-not-vote-for-gop-ticket/2012/09/13/896c71c4-fd70-11e1-98c6-ec0a0a93f8eb_story.html


If Romney were to win just over 270 electoral votes and enough electors were faithless to put him under 270 (even if he still had more than Obama), the President would be elected by the new House, with every state having one vote and the new Vice President would be elected by the new Senate. Conceivably we could have a President Romney and a Vice President Biden. Only twice has the House elected the President, in 1800 and 1824.
 
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ranch hand said:
Why the hatred for Romney? Name ten things that makes you love Obama?

No hatred for Romney- no love for Obama...

Just bringing up whats happening in the real world- You FAUX News viewers never get to see that ... :wink:
 

loomixguy

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Oldtimer said:
ranch hand said:
Why the hatred for Romney? Name ten things that makes you love Obama?

No hatred for Romney- no love for Obama...

:disagree: :disagree:

You hate Romney because he's rich...your track record shows that you hate anyone who is rich.....Rich people hire folks and create jobs....."community organizers" DON'T!

There is NOBODY on this board who has shown more love for your Dear Leader than YOU!!

Your post is just more drivel and lies perpetuated by your 24/7 alcoholic stupor. Like they said...head back to the bar...your "friends" aren't done laughing at you yet![/b]
 

ranch hand

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Oldtimer said:
ranch hand said:
Why the hatred for Romney? Name ten things that makes you love Obama?

No hatred for Romney- no love for Obama...

Just bringing up whats happening in the real world- You FAUX News viewers never get to see that ... :wink:

What no love for Obama? Are you starting to distance yourself if he loses or if he wins and he finishes his job and ruining USA.
 

hypocritexposer

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If obama wins, and OT's grandchildren are slaves of debt, OT will still be rubbing it in your faces...."look at me, I was right, obama won his second term"

It matters not what is best for the country to OT, what matters more, is that his progressivve friends win, on their way to slavery of the citizens.

As a former law man, he liked to be in control, and wants to see government do the same.
 
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Since his arrogant comments to his ultrawealthy multimillionaire benefactors about not wanting anything to do with the lower half of the country--- :( :( Romneys infratrade odds has went to 70% betting that Obama wins to 30% putting money on Romney...

http://www.intrade.com/v4/home/
 

okfarmer

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Oldtimer said:
Since his arrogant comments to his ultrawealthy multimillionaire benefactors about not wanting anything to do with the lower half of the country--- :( :( Romneys infratrade odds has went to 70% betting that Obama wins to 30% putting money on Romney...

http://www.intrade.com/v4/home/

Well, if you are so certain, how much do you wish to wager?
 

TexasBred

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Oldtimer said:
Since his arrogant comments to his ultrawealthy multimillionaire benefactors about not wanting anything to do with the lower half of the country--- :( :( Romneys infratrade odds has went to 70% betting that Obama wins to 30% putting money on Romney...

http://www.intrade.com/v4/home/

YOUR words....Romney did not say this.
 

Mike

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TexasBred said:
Oldtimer said:
Since his arrogant comments to his ultrawealthy multimillionaire benefactors about not wanting anything to do with the lower half of the country--- :( :( Romneys infratrade odds has went to 70% betting that Obama wins to 30% putting money on Romney...

http://www.intrade.com/v4/home/

YOUR words....Romney did not say this.

He has never let the truth get in the way.

I had my 7 year old read the sentence where he wrote, "has went"and she corrected it with, "have gone". Just goes to show the degree of mentality and lack of education with OT............................................

Sometimes it's the little things that tell a lot about a person. :roll:
 
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