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2008 Presidential Election Maps: Obama takes key swing states
Barack Obama will be the 44th President of the United States Here are a collection of maps to show you how he did it:
Source: FiveThirtyEight
Source: FiveThirtyEight
States called so far that have flipped from Republican to Democrat (Iowa, Ohio, Florida, Nevada, Indiana, Virginia, and New Mexico) Here’s how the final 2008 Presidential Map is likely to play out with Missouri and North Carolina still too close to call.
2008 Presidential Election Results by county in swing states:
Virginia
Ohio
North Carolina
New Mexico
Iowa
Indiana
Colorado
Nevada
Election 2008: Why Poor Presidential Approval Ratings Make For Great Stock Markets
No question, President George Bush’s approval ratings have pulled an “Enron.â€
A recent Associated Press-Ipsos poll conducted June 12-16 showed only 29% of the public gave Bush a favorable rating. It’s the least favorable approval rating for a U.S. president since Jimmy Carter’s approval rating dropped to just 22%.
While that lousy view of the job Bush is doing will help set up a more-contentious election in November, here’s a curious fact that investors will find quite rewarding: The key to better stock-market returns isn’t having a president we “love†– it’s having a president that we don’t quite hate.
Let me explain.
According to a…
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