CNN: Romney crushing in swing states

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http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/07/02/cnn-poll-health-care-ruling-has-not-impacted-race-for-white-house-so-far/


About a third of all Americans live in states that are not considered safe Republican or safe Democratic strongholds, including toss-ups states (like Florida and Ohio) as well as states that lean toward one presidential candidate but could ultimately wind up voting for his rival. In those 15 "battleground states," the poll indicates that Romney currently has a 51%-43% advantage over the president among registered voters, if the election were held today.



Great news for Mr. Romney

1. Which are those 15 states?

Those that really were close in 2008?

GA, MT, MO, NC, IN, FL, OH

2. The one that would have been close except for the Favorite Son effect?

AZ

3. One that went for Obama by 7% but hadn't gone for any Democratic nominee since 1964

VA

4. Those that split on Dubya between 2000 and 2004 but were not close in 2008

IA NH NM

5. Those that were close in 2000 and 2004, but Bush lot them twice

MI PA WI

6. Hard to characterize

NV

No two elections are exactly alike.  Except in GA and MT, the Republicans have big problems in all of those states.