‘Election Results’ Archives
This inauguration offers no sunshine beyond the storm clouds
A leader more impressed by himself than concerned over what he does for the people. By Doc Vega If one samples the pervading mood of Americans over the coming 4 years you will find that most people Democrats or Republicans are convinced the US is headed in the wrong direction. 38% of Democrats and 84% of Republicans see the future of America as bleak. There are some alarming indicators here that with this lack of belief in the leadership in Washington, particularly in our President, that we can surmise two things from these facts. 1) If so many are disenchanted over the President’s policies, than how did he get elected? This seems to point at a rigged election rife with unprosecuted voter fraud. 2) Unlike past second terms where the country was full of optimism under Reagan, [...]
Obama wins Florida, Final Electoral Vote Tally Obama 332, Romney 206
Obama wins Florida, Final Electoral Vote Tally Obama 332, Romney 206 By Albert N. Milliron The votes have all been counted in Florida, the last of the states to declare a winner. In the final tally, Obama beat Challenger Mitt Romney by a mere 74,000 votes or 50.6% to 49.1%. Candidate Popular Vote Electoral Barack Obama 50.0% 4,236,032 29 Mitt Romney 49.1% 4,162,174 0 Google Politics & Elections. President Obama received 92,075 more votes than he did in 2008, Mitt Romney received 222,794 move votes than John McCain did in 2008. While President Obama lost millions of votes nationwide, he increased the number of votes that turned out in states that ultimately mattered in this [...]
The American decline orchestrated by the failed US two party system
By Doc Vega These last four tumultuous years under the Obama administration came to fruition Tuesday night when, once again, Barack Hussein Obama was elected. In the face of 4 years of continued economic decline, unacceptably high unemployment, and lawlessness within the government itself, the people supposedly voted for another term for the President. Failure of our government to police itself With Obama clearly violating the US Constitution and deploying US forces under French leadership in the Libyan overthrow without prior consent of Congress, the President should have been impeached. Dennis Kucinich, a Democrat, even introduced the bill in Congress, but the Republicans didn’t bite. The President went unpunished. How proven forgery can be ignored People such as Sheriff [...]
President Obama re-elected a dark hour for the Republic
By Doc Vega President Barack Hussein Obama was re-elected tonight by virtue of a campaign that has been marred by ugly allegations and slander by the Democratic Party. Tonight the American people missed a unique opportunity and that was to regain the greatness once known by this nation. By re-electing a President who has caused great controversy, Constitutional crises, and racial division, the American people voiced their desire to accept less in expectation of themselves and more for what they think the government ought to be doing for them. John F. Kennedy, a beloved US President, once made a grand statement lost upon the current generation of Americans. He said, “ ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country.” In uttering those great words, JFK [...]
Polling Report: October 23, 2012
by Bob Grundfest The debates are done, the swing states remain swingy, and the money is flowing. Must be the last two weeks of the campaign. And true to the divided nature of the country, there are two narratives for the final push. The first says that Mitt Romney has the momentum because of his first debate performance and the new perception, pushed very hard by his campaign, that Romney is really a moderate, not the scary conservative that Obama said he was in the summer. In many ways, Mitt has won his argument because, depending upon the poll, he has become more likable and he's improved his standing with women. Romney's national poll numbers are up and he's made inroads into states that were solidly behind the president, such as Florida and North Carolina. The second says [...]
Polling On the Eve of the Debate
by Bob Grundfest The pace of polling has slowed down since last week, but the overall trend is still towards Barack Obama in the swing states. His national numbers are somewhat closer, but Gallup (RV poll) still has him up six and Rasmussen has him leading by one, which is down two points from Monday. New Quinnipiac and CNN polls have Obama ahead by four and three, respectively, and the Washington Times has him up nine. There has been a great deal of debate in the polling world, that has spilled over into the general population, about poll methodologies and whether the national polling firms are oversampling Democrats to arrive at their numbers. My view is that the polling firms are seeing a shift in the number of people who are identifying themselves as Democrats and are adjusting [...]
Is the Obama Bounce Overstated?
by Bob Grundfest Remember the Super Ball (if you do, you're old, but that's OK)? The rubber and plastic ball that was wound so tightly that it bounced halfway to the moon when an eight-year-old threw it? That's how big a bounce Obama has reportedly received since the Democratic National Convention ended three weeks ago. It's astounding, and it's driving the Romney campaign crazy. Scores of polls have been released since the DNC and the overwhelming majority have shown President Obama leading nationally and in the swing states that will decide this election. Republicans and some independent polling analysts are questioning the results of those polls, stating emphatically that they overstate Democratic participation and assume that the 2012 electorate will look more like 2008 (more [...]
It’s Raining Polls
by Bob Grundfest The Democratic Nation Convention is a dot in the campaign's rear-view mirror, but the shift in public sentiment it engendered is now embedded in the polling numbers. And that's not good news for Mitt Romney. The one bright spot for Mitt's campaign is in North Carolina, where a Rasmussen poll has him leading by 51-45%. This is a firm enough pick-up for the GOP that the Obama campaign will probably not contest the state too vigorously because there are other states that need their attention. Most of the other state polling over the last week shows the president with small leads in some of the swing states and solid leads where he needs to have them, most notably in Pennsylvania and Michigan, where the conservative groups supporting Romney have pulled their [...]
Presidential Polling Report: September 6, 2012
by Bob Grundfest Two months to go before the presidential election and the latest polling...hasn't changed all that much from 2, 3 or 6 months ago. President Obama holds a small but consistent lead in the national polls and continues to lead in enough states to give him the electoral majority he needs to be reelected in November. Are there rough seas ahead for him? You bet, and Mitt Romney might have discovered a winning edge with his "Are you better off now?" campaign line. We'll be able to glean more from the Democratic convention bounce, should there be one, and the possible effects of Friday's jobs numbers, but we'll need to wait until Monday to see if the race has truly turned one way or the other. For Mitt, there was no discernible bounce from the GOP convention, but my [...]
Convention Eve Polling Report
by Bob Grundfest It's been a rather eventful week in the polling arena, with various outfits (well-known and otherwise) conducting surveys and trying to get a sense of where the electorate stands on the eve of the Republican convention. Mitt Romney's selection of Paul Ryan as his running mate resulted in anywhere from a 3 to 5% bump in the national polls for the GOP, but much of that has dissipated over the course of the week. Romney is running better in many state polls, and as pollsters move to a likely voter model, the conventional wisdom says that Romney's numbers will eventually break through the 46-47% barrier he's currently behind. The week began with polls that seemed to defy gravity. An FMWB Florida poll showed Romney with a 14 point lead, mostly due to the polling firm's [...]
