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« on: June 26, 2014, 02:24:03 AM »
Ohio
Florida
New Hampshire
Iowa
Virginia
Colorado
Pennsylvania

I left out a few swing states because I think they can be classified fairly easily (NC is pretty indisputably right-leaning and WI and pretty indisputably left-leaning), but I'm curious to see how the forum would classify those states in particular.
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« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2014, 03:34:54 AM »
Florida
Ohio
Virginia
Colorado
Pennsylvnania
New Hampshire
Iowa
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« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2014, 08:13:36 AM »
Florida
Ohio
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Iowa
New Hampshire
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« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2014, 09:23:53 AM »
All left-leaning, except maybe Florida.
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« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2014, 09:31:44 AM »
Quote from: JerseyBoy on June 26, 2014, 09:23:53 AM
All left-leaning, except maybe Florida.

What about Ohio, which is R+1 on the Cook Partisan Voting Index?
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« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2014, 10:03:23 AM »
The suburban areas are D enough to tip the state.
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« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2014, 10:11:05 AM »

Okay, but in that case we should say the same thing about the I-4 corridor in Florida, which delivered the state to Clinton in 1996 and Obama in 2008/2012.
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« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2014, 10:54:44 AM »
Right to left:

Florida
Ohio
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Colorado
Iowa
New Hampshire
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« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2014, 02:57:36 PM »
Quote from: Never on June 26, 2014, 10:11:05 AM

Okay, but in that case we should say the same thing about the I-4 corridor in Florida, which delivered the state to Clinton in 1996 and Obama in 2008/2012.
Those are much more of a swing region.  Bush I carried Florida in 1992, even as Clinton was carrying Ohio, so I would consider Florida to be more conservative.
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« Reply #9 on: June 28, 2014, 09:37:32 AM »
Quote from: JerseyBoy on June 27, 2014, 02:57:36 PM
Quote from: Never on June 26, 2014, 10:11:05 AM

Okay, but in that case we should say the same thing about the I-4 corridor in Florida, which delivered the state to Clinton in 1996 and Obama in 2008/2012.
Those are much more of a swing region.  Bush I carried Florida in 1992, even as Clinton was carrying Ohio, so I would consider Florida to be more conservative.

Fair enough. It's just that I'm reluctant to say that Ohio is left-leaning when there are some indicators that lead me to believe this is not the case. Still, I definitely see where you are coming from.
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« Reply #10 on: June 28, 2014, 09:37:48 PM »
Right to left:

Florida
Ohio
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Colorado
New Hampshire
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« Reply #11 on: June 29, 2014, 12:55:38 AM »
Ohio - right
Florida - right
New Hampshire - left
Iowa - left
Virginia - right
Colorado - left
Pennsylvania - left
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