[BLaCKPoWeR]

Can Beyoncé pls promote him a BIT harder?

[Benzene]

Originally posted by I♥COCKiness

I know ... Except like 2 (Politico and IBD). A newer Rasmussen poll shows him ahead in Ohio as well (Romney 50,Obama 48); however, most Ohio polls show Obama ahead though. I'll be so glad when this **** is over.

Rasmussen is a conservative leaning poll. The average of polls has Obama ahead in Ohio.

The national polls lately have been largely skewed by Gallup, which has been a huge outlier (in the past week they've had Romney ahead by as much as 7 points). Romney needs Ohio, and right now, the only way Obama loses Ohio is if voter turnout is low. Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight blog is a good resource for people who want to follow polls.

That said, it remains to be seen if Sandy will have an impact on the polls. Romney might have done himself a huge disservice by saying he still wants to cut FEMA.

[KB.]

Originally posted by Benzene

Rasmussen is a conservative leaning poll. The average of polls has Obama ahead in Ohio.

The national polls lately have been largely skewed by Gallup, which has been a huge outlier (in the past week they've had Romney ahead by as much as 7 points). Romney needs Ohio, and right now, the only way Obama loses Ohio is if voter turnout is low. Nate Silver's FiveThirtyEight blog is a good resource for people who want to follow polls.

That said, it remains to be seen if Sandy will have an impact on the polls. Romney might have done himself a huge disservice by saying he still wants to cut FEMA.

I was about to say Rasmussen is largely Republican, but it's so discouraging to see the polls. I try not to pay attention to them though. I do think he has Ohio in the bag.

[BLaCKPoWeR]

The President should do something to make himself look like a hero in the wake of this natural disaster.

[skyler]

i just hope he doesnt win

[RatedG²]

Besides this poll being one very conservative one, its within the margin of error, so it's tied basically

[meta]

[Benzene]

Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR

The President should do something to make himself look like a hero in the wake of this natural disaster.

No need, the FEMA response has already been incredible.

In an interview on NBC, Christie called Obama “outstanding” for expediting relief efforts. He also told MSNBC that Obama “deserves great credit.”

“He gave me his number at the White House and told me to call him if I needed anything,” Christie said.

The New Jersey governor even took his message to Fox News, saying that Obama had helped “tremendously.”

“I spoke to the president three times yesterday,” he explained. “He called me for the last time at midnight last night asking what he could do. I said, if you can expedite designating New Jersey as a major disaster area that that would help us to get federal money and resources in here as quickly as possible to help clean up the damage here.”

“The president was great last night,” Christie continued. “He said he would get it done. At 2 a.m., I got a call from FEMA to answer a couple of final questions and then he signed the declaration this morning. So I have to give the president great credit. He’s been on the phone with me three times in the last 24 hours. He’s been very attentive, and anything that I’ve asked for, he’s gotten to me. So, I thank the president publicly for that. He’s done — as far as I’m concerned — a great job for New Jersey.”

Chris Christie is a Republican, by the way.

[BLaCKPoWeR]

Christie. I hate that fat mother****er.

[Benzene]

Originally posted by BLaCKPoWeR

Christie. I hate that fat mother****er.

I don't like him either but he's shown great leadership in the past 24 hours.

[BLaCKPoWeR]

Originally posted by Benzene

I don't like him either but he's shown great leadership in the past 24 hours.

I just want the President to win and for the Republican presence in Congress to DWiNDLe.

[Queen Bea.]

So this is how the world ends.

[QueenJ]

welp

[iseeyouupsidedown]

Originally posted by Pauly

As long as Obama wins Ohio, were good. It will make it more difficult for Romney to win if Obama wins Ohio.

I'm from Ohio but I can't vote because they lost my absentee ballot application!!! So pissed! If Romney wins Ohio I'm gonna be really mad about this.

[DG1]

This is within the margin of error, so this is basically a statistical tie. And it's not a national election based on the popular vote. Obama is ahead in the electoral college and has an easier path to victory.

[greeneyedsoul]

[madonnafan18]

Very curious to see the results of this election.

[DG1]

Obama has 237 electoral votes in the bag to Romney's 206. So he's just 33 votes shy of victory. If he takes Ohio (18), Wisconsin and Nevada, he'll get a next term and he's leading in all 3 of these states. That's all he needs, while Romney needs most of the toss up states, which is unlikely. There's no need to panic, if on election day Ohio goes to Romney, then panic

[Anthony K.]

Even if the pool is accurate, it's pretty much tied - And that way it wouldn't matter much, would it? I mean, having more votes doesn't mean any of them is gonna win anyway.

[DG1]

Originally posted by DG1

This is within the margin of error, so this is basically a statistical tie. And it's not a national election based on the popular vote. Obama is ahead in the electoral college and has an easier path to victory.

And when it's a tie, it all comes down to ground game and Obama has an unprecedented ground work compared to Romney. Also, early voting, Obama leads by a big margin and Hurricane Sandy may have decreased Romney's chances of trying to catch up to him in early voting