Title: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: #CriminalizeSobriety on April 05, 2010, 10:26:31 PM Go.
Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Speaker Perez on April 05, 2010, 10:35:54 PM McCain would narrowly defeat Obama. The economy is what elected Obama, before the Crash polls had McCain and Obama even.
Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: #CriminalizeSobriety on April 05, 2010, 10:40:16 PM McCain would narrowly defeat Obama. The economy is what elected Obama, before the Crash polls had McCain and Obama even. Map? Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: justW353 on April 05, 2010, 10:42:25 PM There wouldn't be an EV change, just a closer PV.
Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl on April 05, 2010, 10:45:57 PM ()
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Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: CatoMinor on April 05, 2010, 11:09:32 PM Going by what polls showed by state, before the crash. I'd say narrow bush 04 margin vctory for Obama
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Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl on April 06, 2010, 06:11:14 AM Why do people think Virginia would still flip to Obama, even when the GOP is winning Florida, Ohio, and even the Upper Midwest? McCain was taking an increasing lead in the polls right up until the financial crisis struck.
Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Phony Moderate on April 06, 2010, 08:04:10 AM Why do people think Virginia would still flip to Obama, even when the GOP is winning Florida, Ohio, and even the Upper Midwest? McCain was taking an increasing lead in the polls right up until the financial crisis struck. It was narrowing just before the crash, actually. Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Dancing with Myself on April 06, 2010, 09:53:47 AM ()
McCain would win due to his experience, and foreign policy plans. McCain/Palin-275 Obama.Biden-263 Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: #CriminalizeSobriety on April 06, 2010, 10:53:23 AM Why do people think Virginia would still flip to Obama, even when the GOP is winning Florida, Ohio, and even the Upper Midwest? McCain was taking an increasing lead in the polls right up until the financial crisis struck. Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Derek on April 06, 2010, 02:10:13 PM http://()
Closer than 2004 but not by much. Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl on April 06, 2010, 02:16:21 PM Why do people think Virginia would still flip to Obama, even when the GOP is winning Florida, Ohio, and even the Upper Midwest? McCain was taking an increasing lead in the polls right up until the financial crisis struck. It was narrowing just before the crash, actually. McCain took his widest lead during the whole campaign season right before the financial crisis struck. Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: justW353 on April 06, 2010, 02:27:04 PM Why do people think Virginia would still flip to Obama, even when the GOP is winning Florida, Ohio, and even the Upper Midwest? McCain was taking an increasing lead in the polls right up until the financial crisis struck. It was narrowing just before the crash, actually. McCain took his widest lead during the whole campaign season right before the financial crisis struck. In Virginia, Obama was leading by six points on 9/12. Look, I know it's hard for you guys to believe, but Obama was pretty undefeatable in 2008. McCain never had substantial leads over Obama... http://www.usaelectionpolls.com/ Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Obnoxiously Slutty Girly Girl on April 06, 2010, 02:30:07 PM Why do people think Virginia would still flip to Obama, even when the GOP is winning Florida, Ohio, and even the Upper Midwest? McCain was taking an increasing lead in the polls right up until the financial crisis struck. It was narrowing just before the crash, actually. McCain took his widest lead during the whole campaign season right before the financial crisis struck. In Virginia, Obama was leading by six points on 9/12. On 9/12, McCain led Obama in Virginia by three points. Obama didn't take the lead again until 9/26. Quote Look, I know it's hard for you guys to believe, but Obama was pretty undefeatable in 2008. LOL Quote McCain never had substantial leads over Obama... Except he did. Obama would have gone down in an embarrassing landslide defeat in the midst of a strong Democratic year had he not been saved by the financial crisis and Palin's gaffes. Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Bo on April 25, 2010, 06:26:49 PM ()
Obama/Clinton-311 EV McCain/Palin-227 EV Without the financial crisis, Obama drops Biden for Hillary since he is afraid he might lose. Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: CatoMinor on April 25, 2010, 06:52:24 PM () McCain would win due to his experience, and foreign policy plans. McCain/Palin-275 Obama.Biden-263 Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: SvenssonRS on April 25, 2010, 06:59:06 PM () McCain would win due to his experience, and foreign policy plans. McCain/Palin-275 Obama.Biden-263 I really hope he clicked the wrong option. Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Oakvale on April 26, 2010, 01:06:19 PM Obama still wins by a decent margin, but McCain hangs on to Virgina, North Carolina, Indiana and possibly Flordia. Ohio's closer.
Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Psychic Octopus on April 26, 2010, 01:07:38 PM () Obama/Clinton-311 EV McCain/Palin-227 EV Without the financial crisis, Obama drops Biden for Hillary since he is afraid he might lose. lol no Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Oakvale on April 26, 2010, 01:08:39 PM () Obama/Clinton-311 EV McCain/Palin-227 EV Without the financial crisis, Obama drops Biden for Hillary since he is afraid he might lose. lol no Do people take this Rochembeau creature seriously? Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Bo on April 26, 2010, 06:37:26 PM () Obama/Clinton-311 EV McCain/Palin-227 EV Without the financial crisis, Obama drops Biden for Hillary since he is afraid he might lose. lol no Do people take this Rochembeau creature seriously? This is an unfair personal atatck. Anyway, there was some speculation that Obama might have done this in 2008 if he did not establish a solid lead in the polls (which he did after he fianncial crisis). If there would have been no financial crisis, the race might have remained very close (unless Palin would have still made some gaffes, which would have been a different matter). Consider how badly Obama wanted to win and that there would have been very little or no downside in switching Biden for Hillary, I could see Obama doing this if and only if the race between him and McCain would have remained close (or if he would have been trailing McCain in the polls). Since the financial crisis created a solid lead for Obama, he didn't have to do this in RL and thus, he didn't switch VPs. Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Psychic Octopus on April 27, 2010, 12:13:50 AM () Obama/Clinton-311 EV McCain/Palin-227 EV Without the financial crisis, Obama drops Biden for Hillary since he is afraid he might lose. lol no Do people take this Rochembeau creature seriously? This is an unfair personal atatck. Anyway, there was some speculation that Obama might have done this in 2008 if he did not establish a solid lead in the polls (which he did after he fianncial crisis). If there would have been no financial crisis, the race might have remained very close (unless Palin would have still made some gaffes, which would have been a different matter). Consider how badly Obama wanted to win and that there would have been very little or no downside in switching Biden for Hillary, I could see Obama doing this if and only if the race between him and McCain would have remained close (or if he would have been trailing McCain in the polls). Since the financial crisis created a solid lead for Obama, he didn't have to do this in RL and thus, he didn't switch VPs. No downside? what about the attacks that would come against him for "doing anything to win"? It would never, ever happen. Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Landslide Lyndon on April 27, 2010, 01:02:19 AM Joke thread.
Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Bo on April 27, 2010, 01:43:17 AM () Obama/Clinton-311 EV McCain/Palin-227 EV Without the financial crisis, Obama drops Biden for Hillary since he is afraid he might lose. lol no Do people take this Rochembeau creature seriously? This is an unfair personal atatck. Anyway, there was some speculation that Obama might have done this in 2008 if he did not establish a solid lead in the polls (which he did after he fianncial crisis). If there would have been no financial crisis, the race might have remained very close (unless Palin would have still made some gaffes, which would have been a different matter). Consider how badly Obama wanted to win and that there would have been very little or no downside in switching Biden for Hillary, I could see Obama doing this if and only if the race between him and McCain would have remained close (or if he would have been trailing McCain in the polls). Since the financial crisis created a solid lead for Obama, he didn't have to do this in RL and thus, he didn't switch VPs. No downside? what about the attacks that would come against him for "doing anything to win"? It would never, ever happen. Many people (including Hillary supporters) would have viewed it as a clearly politically motivated move, but I don't think they would have voted against Hillary if she was on the ticket (even if they were planning on voting for McCain before). Thus, I think that if there would have been no financial crisis and McCain would have still been leading in the polls in early-mid October, doing this might have been a net plus for Obama. Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Psychic Octopus on April 27, 2010, 09:03:55 AM () Obama/Clinton-311 EV McCain/Palin-227 EV Without the financial crisis, Obama drops Biden for Hillary since he is afraid he might lose. lol no Do people take this Rochembeau creature seriously? This is an unfair personal atatck. Anyway, there was some speculation that Obama might have done this in 2008 if he did not establish a solid lead in the polls (which he did after he fianncial crisis). If there would have been no financial crisis, the race might have remained very close (unless Palin would have still made some gaffes, which would have been a different matter). Consider how badly Obama wanted to win and that there would have been very little or no downside in switching Biden for Hillary, I could see Obama doing this if and only if the race between him and McCain would have remained close (or if he would have been trailing McCain in the polls). Since the financial crisis created a solid lead for Obama, he didn't have to do this in RL and thus, he didn't switch VPs. No downside? what about the attacks that would come against him for "doing anything to win"? It would never, ever happen. Many people (including Hillary supporters) would have viewed it as a clearly politically motivated move, but I don't think they would have voted against Hillary if she was on the ticket (even if they were planning on voting for McCain before). Thus, I think that if there would have been no financial crisis and McCain would have still been leading in the polls in early-mid October, doing this might have been a net plus for Obama. Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: The Mikado on April 27, 2010, 01:31:29 PM McCain had already started coming off his highs by that point, and the Palin mess would've hurt crash or no crash. However, Obama's margin would've been much narrower. I'm thinking Kerry states plus NM, CO, IA, and VA, with a decent but not guaranteed shot at NV and OH. In other words, McCain wouldn't have lost IN, NC, or FL.
Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Psychic Octopus on April 27, 2010, 02:06:54 PM McCain had already started coming off his highs by that point, and the Palin mess would've hurt crash or no crash. However, Obama's margin would've been much narrower. I'm thinking Kerry states plus NM, CO, IA, and VA, with a decent but not guaranteed shot at NV and OH. In other words, McCain wouldn't have lost IN, NC, or FL. I don't see Virginia happening, and I think McCain would have narrowly won there had the stock market not crashed. I'm going to go with this: () Obama: 278 McCain: 260 Title: Re: 2008: McCain vs Obama, with no stockmarket crash Post by: Derek on April 27, 2010, 02:59:30 PM Virginia and Colorado both looked blue even before the financial meltdown. Those may very well have gone to Obama by very close margins. If not both, at least one of them.
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