Final 2008 Predictions

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Alabama 63-37
Alaska 55-43
Arizona 50-48
Arkansas 53-45
California 37-62
Colorado 46-54
Connecticut 40-58
Delaware 34-65
D.C. 7-92
Florida 48-51
Georgia 54-46
Hawaii 33-65
Idaho 58-42
Illinois 37-63
Indiana 49-50
Iowa 43-57
Kansas 60-38
Kentucky 55-44
Louisiana 57-41
Maine 41-59
Maryland 38-62
Massachusetts 40-58
Michigan 43-57
Minnesota 56-44
Mississippi 57-42
Missouri 49-50
Montana 50-48
Nebraska 65-33
Nevada 46-53
New Hampshire 42-56
New Jersey 40-58
New Mexico 49-49
New York 32-66
North Carolina 50-48
North Dakota 49-50
Ohio 49-49
Oklahoma 58-41
Oregon 41-59
Pennsylvania 46-53
Rhode Island 39-60
South Carolina 50-49
South Dakota 51-47
Tennessee 59-41
Texas 59-39
Utah 63-36
Vermont 38-61
Virginia 47-53
Washington 41-58
West Virginia 55-45
Wisconsin 42-57
Wyoming 70-29

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[ElectionsGuy]

Since I didn't follow politics until 2010, I really can't tell you any past election predictions, but if you do one for 2012 I will put one up.

[cheesepizza]

Why was New Mexico only light red?

[JRP1994]

This was my final 2008 prediction:

I missed Indiana and NE-2

[barfbag]

I missed North Dakota and Missouri.

[minionofmidas]

[Starbucks Union Thug HokeyPuck]

My final in 2008.  Of course, I flipped the 3 closest states the wrong way. 

[barfbag]

My final in 2008.  Of course, I flipped the 3 closest states the wrong way. 

I proposed my final 2008 prediction too for this thread. I missed ND and MO and don't see any other states changing, but the margins would be bigger for Obama.

[old timey villain]

I wasn't around the forum in 2008, but I would't be surprised if most people had MO going for Obama before IN and NC. Based on history, Missouri would be the most likely Obama pickup since it had voted for the winner for decades, while IN and NC were seen as very strongly R states.

The 2008 map wasn't earth shattering, but it put a lot of political cliches to rest about how certain states vote.

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I wasn't around the forum in 2008, but I would't be surprised if most people had MO going for Obama before IN and NC. Based on history, Missouri would be the most likely Obama pickup since it had voted for the winner for decades, while IN and NC were seen as very strongly R states.

The 2008 map wasn't earth shattering, but it put a lot of political cliches to rest about how certain states vote.

A lot of trends took place in battleground states between 2004 and 2008. We saw this in IN, NC, MO, TN, NV, NM, CO, OR, MI and ME.

[Fuzzybigfoot]

Got Missouri and Indiana wrong.  And thought Obama would win nationally by 8 points.  Not bad! 

[barfbag]

Obama did pretty much as well as he could've. Other than Montana I don't see a single winnable state on the map for him. Had someone other than McCain been the nominee, then we could talk about Arizona as well.

[HagridOfTheDeep]

I never really had a solid map, but I do remember distinctly thinking that Montana could go for Barack.