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cope1989
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« on: May 07, 2014, 10:41:50 PM » |
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I'm really surprised that Obama won the South Atlantic region in 2012. Maryland and Delaware must have put him over the edge, because besides that you have three big Romney states (GA, NC, SC), one state that Obama won decisively but not in a blowout (VA) and then FL, which was so close that the state really doesn't do much to move the overall vote in the region, despite its size.
In numerical terms (margin of victory):
Romney States
NC: 92,004
GA: 304,861
SC: 205,704
WV: 179,386
TOTAL: 781,995
Obama States
FL: 74,309
VA: 149,298
MD: 705,975
DE: 77,100
TOTAL: 1,006,682
Ok, yeah so it's definitely Maryland that gave the region to Obama. That's an amazing margin of victory in a relatively small state, but it's also a good argument that MD and maybe DE don't fit well into the region. The South Atlantic states from VA to FL could be described as lean GOP as a whole but when you add MD to the region it totally swings it. Kinda cool.
I Wish the electoral college was based on census regions because then I'd be living in a blue state!
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