Electoral prediction maps are a convenient way to visualize the vast amounts of information received in the latest poll results. Much of the maps are interactive allowing you to adjust certain states to lean either more red or blue and see how that would effect the overall electoral count. This is exactly what the Obama and Romney campaigns will be doing in the upcoming months until the ballots are cast in November. Manipulating electoral maps to see which swing states are essential to securing the necessary 270 electoral votes, and which states they can discount. These battle ground states are often referred to as “purple” states being a mix of blue or red and like many presidential elections that have come before a handful of states will be closely campaigned in and closely watched by pollsters and political junkies alike.
Now that the 2012 swing states have been set before us, every move made by either campaign will be targeted toward improving their chances of securing the win come November. A topic we discussed only yesterday highlighted the fact that a majority of Romney’s Vice Presidential potentials all hail from swing states. In a similar fashion the President has announced a new immigration reform that improved Obama’s approval ratings amongst Latino voters, which will be an essential group in the highly fought over swing state of Florida. While we do know how important these battleground states are to securing a spot in the White House, presidential elections are notorious for being surprising especially voter results from swing states just remember 2000. So while our interactive 2012 electoral projection map isn’t a crystal ball into the future, it is a fun way to see the many possible ways your candidate can win in November.
