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Old 10-31-2012, 10:37 PM
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Swing states are states that are not "safe" for a candidate. Illinois is obviously "safe Obama" and Texas is "safe Romney".

Florida has had overwhelming (greater than 2008 numbers) early turnout, nearly all Democratic. Florida is in "likely Obama" column.

Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight.com page also has excellent, accurate analysis of swing states. www.fivethirtyeight.com
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Plus, now Florida is trending solidly Obama based upon actual early voting results with massive Democratic turnout greater than 2008. Obama already is leading the early voting by 60%, which banks a great lead for him.
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I suggest you read the article accompanying the polling on the site I listed, so you understand polling.

Obama is at about 80% right now to win.
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I didn't crown Obama anything - the professional pollsters crowned him.

In Florida, Dems currently hold the advantage in early voting, 43% to 41%.
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For Rude: click and learn. Bumbleballs

http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2012.html
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Are you drunk?

That is not a HuffPo blog. The web address has the edu. suffix.

http://elections.gmu.edu/early_vote_2012.html Try again to use the clicky key.

BTW - you might go back and look at the Rasmussen polling information you posted - it gives Obama 332 to Romney 206 vote Obama electoral win.
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And 538/Nate Silver is extremely well-respected and accurate in polling, even if you've never heard of him and want to dismiss him out of hand (which is laughable)
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