Romney Wins on Tuesday - Josh Jordan - National Review Online

I’m going to make my predictions on this race based on more than just the polls. Over the past few months there have been many indicators that this race is going to be drastically different from the one we saw in 2008 — Romney’s crowd sizes, volunteer efforts, fundraising efforts, and a change in the Obama campaign from presenting the candidate as an uplifting symbol of hope to presenting him as a beleaguered president trying to claw his way to reelection.

First, I believe Romney will squeeze out a popular-vote win of about two percentage points: 50.5 to 48.5 (I’m assuming about 1 percent of the vote will go third party). This margin will be enough for Romney to win the Electoral College. Just last week, I would have predicted a slightly larger victory, but Hurricane Sandy cut a little bit of the edge Romney had by providing Obama with one last chance to leverage the advantage of the incumbency. Nonetheless, I believe Romney is headed for victory, because Republicans will pour out to vote in the numbers pollsters such as Gallup, Rasmussen, and Pew have predicted.

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Comments

[anon]

I think it will be somewhere around 285 for Romney with FL, OH, IA, NH, NC, VA, and CO going to Romney. That leaves 253 for Obama with NV, WI, MN, and PA going to Obama.

[John Doe]

Looking forward to you eating crow tomorrow.

[anon]

John Doe - perhaps. It is really hard to beat a sitting president (although it has happened twice in the past 32 years).

[anon]

John Doe - Looks like you were right. Smaler O victory but it doesn't matter, a win is a win. Good race by both.