The swing states: Ohio | The big, bellwether battlefield | Economist.com

News Type: Opinion — Seeded on Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:00 PM EDT

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Over the coming weeks we will look at the states that could decide this year's election. We start with Ohio, decisive in 2004

BARACK OBAMA is doing everything he can to make it look as if the election is a mere formality, and adoring media types are keen to play along. Yet the latest USA Today-Gallup poll puts John McCain four points ahead, while the RealClearPolitics average of polls gives Mr Obama a meagre two-and-a-half-point lead. Optimistic Republicans recall that Michael Dukakis was 17 points ahead of George Bush senior in the summer of 1988, and still lost. So there is plenty of evidence to suggest that this election, like the previous two, could boil down to a tight race settled by close results in a handful of "swing" states.

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Roger Hyer

I found this article very interesting, especially the part about how the Republicans need Ohio more than the Democrats.

I have relatives that live in northwest Ohio, and they are upset with the economy and generally upset with George Bush, but overall still feel that McCain is their best bet.

However, I am working on them.

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#1 - Thu Jul 31, 2008 7:09 PM EDT

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