6/30/08

Obama in WVA?

The front-page story in the Wheeling Intelligencer today is about how great Obama is doing with fundraising in West Virginia--more than double McCain's.

Obama lost to Hillary 67-26 on May 13th. What a drubbing! The article says Hillary outspent him 3-1 in the state, but that's a misprint. Obama massively outspent Hillary and still got creamed.

Can Obama win WVA? A couple polls show him narrowing the gap. In February he was down 53-35 to McCain in a SurveyUSA poll, and a Rasmussen poll a month ago showed it to be 45-37.

WVA is not on my list of swing states. It has five electoral votes, and went for Bush 56-43 in 2004, and also in 2000, 53-46. It's an uphill climb for Obama.
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