Obama/ Biden vs. Romney/Ryan 2008 and Obama vs McCain/Palin 2012?

[emcee0]

What would the election maps and results be if Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan were the republican ticket in 08 and McCain and Palin were the nominees for 2012? Discuss with maps.

[old timey villain]

two scenarios:

1) Obama's 2008 and 2012 election wins are flipped. Obama still wins in 2008 but Romney's business experience makes him a more attractive choice to some swing voters in the wake of the economic crisis. Basically the 2012 map four years earlier. In 2012, Obama wins in a style similar to 2008 (or even greater) as he is up against the McCain Palin ticket. Palin represents the increasingly unpopular Tea Party movement and Obama picks up North Carolina and Arizona, but not Indiana.

2) As a venture capitalist, Romney represents all that is hated about big business during the financial crisis. Obama wins by an even greater margin than IRL. He picks up Montana, Arizona and Georgia. In 2012 the McCain Palin ticket does a better job to rally the conservative base and Obama wins by about the same margin as 2012 IRL.