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PatentlyDemocratic

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3. It'll turn out like 2008

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Original post)

Mon Oct 22, 2012, 07:22 AM

Oct 2012

2000 and 2004 were genuinely close (understatement).

I figured 2008 would be a big win for Obama, and I predict the same for him this time. Romney doesn't appeal to women or much of the middle class, and Republicans just aren't enthusiastic about him. With this country's demographics shifting even more favorably to Obama (e.g. more Latinos), I think Obama will win by a similar margin to 2008, if not more so.

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Which was the last general election that wasn't "even" or tied? [View all] no_hypocrisy Oct 2012 OP

1 b.f.= before fox n/t Tribetime Oct 2012 #1

You noticed that too, huh? lunatica Oct 2012 #2

It'll turn out like 2008 PatentlyDemocratic Oct 2012 #3

2008 was certainly a 50/50 split in the polls right up to the election. jerseyjack Oct 2012 #4

That's revisionist as hell. dems_rightnow Oct 2012 #6

The elections started to be tied when we started to vote on iemitsu Oct 2012 #5