Projections: 2012 Presidential Contest

By Eric Ostermeier on November 5, 2012

All eyes on Virginia, Florida, New Hampshire, Ohio, Pennsylvania...you know the rest...

With more than 600 state polls released in the nation's Top 10 battleground states this cycle, the nation has watched as data points shifted from advantage Obama to advantage Romney or vice-versa across electorates that tally more than 100 key electoral votes.

While the polls in many of these states show some momentum for the president in the closing days of the campaign, political observers should not be shocked to see Mitt Romney eke out some narrow wins or, conversely to see Obama carry many of these states by up to a half-dozen points.

But for those wanting high drama, the dream scenario would be for neither candidate to handily sweep the battleground states, and instead watch the media sweat it out with enough states too close to call so that no winner is announced Tuesday evening.

Smart Politics 2012 Presidential Projections

State	Projection
Alabama	Romney
Alaska	Romney
Arizona	Romney
Arkansas	Romney
California	Obama
Colorado	Obama
Connecticut	Obama
D.C.	Obama
Delaware	Obama
Florida	Romney
Georgia	Romney
Hawaii	Obama
Idaho	Romney
Illinois	Obama
Indiana	Romney
Iowa	Obama
Kansas	Romney
Kentucky	Romney
Louisiana	Romney
Maine	Obama
Maryland	Obama
Massachusetts	Obama
Michigan	Obama
Minnesota	Obama
Mississippi	Romney
Missouri	Romney
Montana	Romney
Nebraska	Romney
Nevada	Obama
New Hampshire	Obama
New Jersey	Obama
New Mexico	Obama
New York	Obama
North Carolina	Romney
North Dakota	Romney
Ohio	Obama
Oklahoma	Romney
Oregon	Obama
Pennsylvania	Obama
Rhode Island	Obama
South Carolina	Romney
South Dakota	Romney
Tennessee	Romney
Texas	Romney
Utah	Romney
Vermont	Obama
Virginia	Obama
Washington	Obama
West Virginia	Romney
Wisconsin	Obama
Wyoming	Romney
Total	Obama 303, Romney 235

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RONNY BOOTH

November 6, 2012 11:01 AM | Permalink | Reply

I'm hoping your projections come true as PRESIDENT OBAMA & VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN deserve the opportunity to continue with the programs & policies they've begun on the behalf of ALL of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Country Hoosier ( Ron Booth )

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