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LeftinOH

(5,354 posts)
27. Florida is going to make all the difference from now on.
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 11:41 AM
Nov 2012

Ohio will lose more electoral votes in the years to come; Florida is a bigger battleground, IMO.

Yes, if just Texas turned blue it would be the end aint_no_life_nowhere Nov 2012 #1
To paraphrase R.E.M. ... "and I'd feel fine." Arugula Latte Nov 2012 #2
WHEN Did we ever need the South to Win WH? Iggy Nov 2012 #3
I keep looking at this and smiling :) Coexist Nov 2012 #4
i'm Wit You... Iggy Nov 2012 #9
Seeing NC as barely red feels relatively good. Wish we'd made it again this time. nt ncgrits Nov 2012 #12
Democrats need to keep pushing policies that put people first BlueCaliDem Nov 2012 #5
I don't consider FL the south. I'm in TX (which is southWEST, not deep south) is BLUE in major areas Honeycombe8 Nov 2012 #6
parts of my state are very south-like Coexist Nov 2012 #8
Love and lived in Houston for 25 years and grew up efhmc Nov 2012 #15
Houston is blue txdemsftw Nov 2012 #17
Have a ranch and a house in two different right wing areas. We fight hard but efhmc Nov 2012 #19
I live in Georgia and hope I live to see the day this state turns blue. n/t RebelOne Nov 2012 #7
I hope you are very young. Hoyt Nov 2012 #11
Me too. craigmatic Nov 2012 #13
Alabama here! al_liberal Nov 2012 #10
Gerrymandering has destroyed my state. mmonk Nov 2012 #14
That is so sad but true. efhmc Nov 2012 #16
This is the new MO. nc4bo Nov 2012 #18
Which is why the 2020 election is the most important at the state level Hamlette Nov 2012 #20
Another couple decades and JoeyT Nov 2012 #21
The message to the south from this election should be that it is past time for them Skidmore Nov 2012 #22
Great. Broadbrushing. cordelia Nov 2012 #23
Seriously obamanut2012 Nov 2012 #24
Hardly. Skidmore Nov 2012 #25
I was surprised to see that Georgia was close!! Give us time! SaveAmerica Nov 2012 #26
Florida is going to make all the difference from now on. LeftinOH Nov 2012 #27
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