The Young Turks

Here is the comment from the article I put up on Friday, written by tiggerporn:

I know we've heard a lot of jizz about the Southern Strat somehow being racist (instead of a reality) but this is the first time I've seen visual evidence suggesting that Barack can really win without using it. That heartens me. I want to check your numbers, just looking at that map my gut tells me it can't add up, but I'll trust ya. I'm just amazed, I keep looking at it and shaking my head. Can it really add up like that? 'Twould be awesome if it were true.

Reading that comment, I wanted to put up that visual evidence and at the same time promote a site I've been checking out a lot lately: 270toWin.com

What's so special about this site? Well, you are able to create your own fantasy electoral vote results, by clicking on a state to make it a "blue" or "red" state. So I went through all the poll numbers from the 50 states the other day and checked the latest poll numbers from NH and OH. This is the map that came out, as featured in the article.

And it is through 270toWin that I will change the states depending on the polls there, to get a clue of how it might look on a national level on Election Day. And of course, a picture of what it looks like on my computer right now:

And I have to say, this line in the comment really got me smiling:

I'm really glad to see someone not focusing on Hillary and looking to McCain and Novermber, living in the present and the future instead of the past. I'd love to believe this map will hold up.

I agree. I've been thinking for a while that Hillary's campaign has been a lame duck campaign - especially after she was rolled over in North Carolina and won in the Indiana primaries with a margin smaller than the capacity of the new soccer stadium being built in town. (24,000 at Swedbank Stadion, Hillary wins with 14,195 votes)

"Yes, we can"? YES, WE WILL!

PS  Compared to the 2004 election, McCain would today pick up Wisconsin and Michigan - two states with a very slim McCain lead - while Obama would win Colorado, Iowa, New Mexico, and Ohio.
But lo, I am repeating myself there.