Obama up by 23% in his home state

[Blue Yorker]

http://cdn.yougov.com/cumulus_uploads/document/pwpwjt1405/Tabs_IL.pdf

Right wingnuts were dreaming that Obama "could lose Illinois".

http://dailycaller.com/2012/08/20/shock-poll-obama-could-lose-illinois/

[treestar]

1. And Mittens is losing two of his home states

Utah is the only one he'll get.

[NYC Liberal]

5. And I wouldn't even call Utah a home state.

He lived at his vacation house there for a bit but that's it.

[TroyD]

7. I would call Utah a home state

He lived there for quite a while during the Olympics preparation, and there were reports he was considering running for Governor there. And as Rachel Maddow has discussed on her show, there is also evidence that he misled the people of MA about where he was filing his tax returns when he ran for office.

Joe Klein of TIME also refers to Utah as one of Romney's 5 home states.

1. Michigan

2. Massachusetts

3. New Hampshire (summer cottage)

4. California (mansion in La Jolla - only 100 miles away from Hollywood btw)

5. Utah

[aaaaaa5a]

15. I thought Romney called the Cayman Islands home. nt

[veganlush]

2. Kenya is a state?

[mythology]

14. Not only is Kenya a state, but I'm sure we will hear Obama is going to be

making the Kenyans eligible to vote in swing states as the Republicans' next attempt to claim voter fraud or at least to explain why Obama keeps being ahead in the polls.

[Stargleamer]

3. Wouldn't Hawaii still be considered his home state? n/t

[LiberalFighter]

4. No

[whistler162]

9. Yes

[TroyD]

10. LOL. Hawaii & Illinois are both home states for Obama

But for legitimate reasons, unlike in Romney's case where he claims 5 home states.

Many politicians have more than one home state. Sometimes you are born in one state and grow up there, but move somewhere else as an adult and end up representing another region.

Hawaii certainly considers itself one of Obama's home states. It gave him his largest margin of victory in 2008 of anywhere except D.C.. 72% of the vote.

[DCBob]

12. What about Kenya??

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

6. So he still hasn't closed the deal. :-p

[TroyD]

8. Looks like the poll was taken Sept 7-14

So it was before the recent '47%' controversy and is a week old.

Obama could be up higher since then.

[davidpdx]

11. He should be up big in his home state

So they can save money for the states that are going to be close.

[tarheelsunc]

13. I only know of two foreign born candidates since the 60s

One was born in Mexico and one was born in Panama. I think the one born in Mexico was a Romney. Wait, that guy was Mitt's father? So why's he making remarks about the site of Obama's birth?