DavidS
Anti-Tea Party Member
I am posting this for informational purposes only. I do not want to demoralize the Republicans, or make the Democrats on here complacent. You MUST go out and vote tomorrow.
There's a lot of assumptions here, so let me list them. In order for Obama to be our next president of the United States:
Obama:
Using my percentages, 85% of Democrats voting for Obama would be 1,126,724 votes for Obama. 5% of Republican votes would go for Obama, 38,737 and 50% of independents would have to go for Obama, 236,799 and 50% of the remaining number of votes from the 2004 numbers (978,550), go for Obama, 489,275. This would give Obama a total vote count of 1,891,535 for North Carolina.
McCain:
Using my percentages, 95% of Republicans voting for McCain would be 736,007, 15% of Democratic voters 198,834, 50% of independent, 236,799 and 50% of the remaining number of votes from the 2004 numbers 489,275. This would give McCain a total vote count of 1,660,915.
This is a difference of 230,620 in favor of Obama, which would mean Obama would win North Carolina.
Please look at the voting also going on in Nevada and New Mexico, which both heavily favor Obama. So if Obama wins North Carolina, Nevada, New Mexico and every single other state that Kerry won in 2000, he would win the election 277-261. This does not include Virginia or Iowa, which is polling very well for Obama.
These numbers have been compiled by George Mason Universitiy's Michael McDonald. This isn't polling data, this is pure, hard facts.
2008 Early Voting
There's a lot of assumptions here, so let me list them. In order for Obama to be our next president of the United States:
- He must win every single state that John Kerry won (he holds double digit leads in all of them except PA)
- 95% of Republicans who have already voted in the states I'm about to list must have voted for John McCain
- 85% of Democrats who have already in the states I'm about to list must have voted for Barack Obama
- Independents must split 50% for Obama, 50% for McCain
- ALL polling data shows Obama earning over 90% of his party's vote and McCain earning around 85% and Obama earning an average of 60-65% of the independent vote. I am using very conservative numbers.
- The remaining percentage of voters who have not voted will split evenly between Obama and McCain
- My numbers are based off of 2004 number of voters
Obama:
Using my percentages, 85% of Democrats voting for Obama would be 1,126,724 votes for Obama. 5% of Republican votes would go for Obama, 38,737 and 50% of independents would have to go for Obama, 236,799 and 50% of the remaining number of votes from the 2004 numbers (978,550), go for Obama, 489,275. This would give Obama a total vote count of 1,891,535 for North Carolina.
McCain:
Using my percentages, 95% of Republicans voting for McCain would be 736,007, 15% of Democratic voters 198,834, 50% of independent, 236,799 and 50% of the remaining number of votes from the 2004 numbers 489,275. This would give McCain a total vote count of 1,660,915.
This is a difference of 230,620 in favor of Obama, which would mean Obama would win North Carolina.
Please look at the voting also going on in Nevada and New Mexico, which both heavily favor Obama. So if Obama wins North Carolina, Nevada, New Mexico and every single other state that Kerry won in 2000, he would win the election 277-261. This does not include Virginia or Iowa, which is polling very well for Obama.
These numbers have been compiled by George Mason Universitiy's Michael McDonald. This isn't polling data, this is pure, hard facts.
2008 Early Voting