I’ve seen Republicans in Blue states (and vice versa) play up how they get along with the President of the other party. But I don’t think I’ve ever seen a major candidate actualy sending around flyers or doorhangers and actually say ‘Hey, vote for me and Obama, it’ll be awesome.’ But that’s exactly what Linda McMahon is doing in Connecticut. You’ve got to see this.
I love the last few days of campaigning. So much of artifice and pretense is stripped away from the candidates and their campaigns. Whatever it takes to win. Consistent messaging, careful massaging of constituencies, and all the rest of it be damned.
Now is when you get things like a Republican Senate candidate urging black voters to vote for her and Obama.
The new Polltracker charts are out. The latest snapshots in all the key national races. Give ’em a taste.
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It’s not clear to me that it will affect the final outcome in the presidential race. But let’s note that the dogged efforts of Republican governors in a number of key states to dramatically limit early voting is starting to pay dividends. This is qualitatively different from the standard voter suppression efforts Republicans have focused on. No state has to have early voting. Here in New York, supposedly one of the progressive states in the country, there’s none. But the intent of curtailing early voting systems that were already in place is clear: limit the amount of people who end up voting. Particularly, limit the number of Democrats who vote since Democrats are disproportionately the people who take advantage of early voting.
The last national Pew poll before the election is out now.
This tweet from Ari Fleischer …
Prediction Time:1) The election won’t end Tuesday night. 7 states will b decided by 1 pt or less. (VA, OH, CO, IA, PA, WI, NH)
— Ari Fleischer (@AriFleischer) November 4, 2012
There are more state polls to come today, so the map may change, but as of right now, the only two tossups on the TPM Electoral Scoreboard are Florida and North Carolina.
It’s hard to make definitive judgments based on anecdotal reports in the couple days just before a national election. But I’ve heard enough to come to the tentative conclusions that lots of SuperPAC dollars are currently being poured into markets where they can have little or no effect on a contested race. So why is that? Read More