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2016 Postmortem

Stardust

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2. Truthfully, the national polls don't really matter. Pay attention to Ohio, Florida, Colorado, New

Reply to WI_DEM (Original post)

Wed Jul 11, 2012, 02:20 AM

Jul 2012

Mexico, Iowa, Virginia, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and New Hampshire. They are the infamous swing states. And look at the voter suppression efforts going on there.

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Reuters/Ipsos poll Obama expands lead on Romney--leads by six nationally [View all] WI_DEM Jul 2012 OP

Funny. The only polls we're hearing about today are the ones that have him tied with Robme Liberal_Stalwart71 Jul 2012 #1

Truthfully, the national polls don't really matter. Pay attention to Ohio, Florida, Colorado, New Stardust Jul 2012 #2

National polls do count. WI_DEM Jul 2012 #3

Subtract New Mexico, New Hampshire, and Pennsylvania from your list and add Michigan and Wisconsin. Dawgs Jul 2012 #4

I wondered why NH and NM were in the list I tried to recall from memory. You're right about MI and Stardust Jul 2012 #5