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Blowout or Razor Thin?

Blowout or Razor thin?


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Users are scrapping over whether November will see a blowout for their candidate or a razor thin decision, possibly including a spoiler by a third party.

So, do you think it will be a blowout or a razor thin decision?

FYI: Poll is public as usual. We can tell if you decide to be a immature child and spam the poll as a guest.
 
Blowout but a lot of 3rd party votes as well.
 
It will be a close race with probably right now Obama winning. I know Romney is gaining momentum, but it might be happening too late.
 
Razor thin. Goes to the House.
 
I see Obama with a fundamental electoral college advantage, but it's close enough that it could go either way. So razor thin Obama victory I guess.
 
I chose "razor thin Obama" but I don't think it'll be a blowout nor razor thin. As it is, it looks like Obama has an advantage in all the swing states but Florida. So at this point a week out, I'm seeing:

Obama: 303
Romney: 220
 
razor unsure. Sandy will be a game changer--just not sure for whom
 
I think Romney wins much bigger than anyone expects. Not a blowout or electoral landslide but a popular vote close to Obama's six point win in 2008 but much closer in electoral votes.
 
I voted for Johnson so expect a Libertarian landslide. I'm always right about these things.


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Users are scrapping over whether November will see a blowout for their candidate or a razor thin decision, possibly including a spoiler by a third party.

So, do you think it will be a blowout or a razor thin decision?

FYI: Poll is public as usual. We can tell if you decide to be a immature child and spam the poll as a guest.



I voted - Razor thin, I don't know who....

I believe it's too close to call at this time. However, I will be glad when it's all over.
 
Users are scrapping over whether November will see a blowout for their candidate or a razor thin decision, possibly including a spoiler by a third party.

So, do you think it will be a blowout or a razor thin decision?

FYI: Poll is public as usual. We can tell if you decide to be a immature child and spam the poll as a guest.

Just going with a gut instinct. Believe the polls are misled by which way the independents will fall and that Romney will win by a significant electoral advantage. To be followed immediately from the left of claiming voter fraud, racism and the "Hurricane Sandy effect".

Could be wrong. Just my guess....
 
Just going with a gut instinct. Believe the polls are misled by which way the independents will fall and that Romney will win by a significant electoral advantage. To be followed immediately from the left of claiming voter fraud, racism and the "Hurricane Sandy effect".

Could be wrong. Just my guess....

At this point, anyone's guess is as good as anyone else's.

I do think it's going to be close.
 
It's not going to be a blowout, that's for sure. At the moment it looks like Obama has the edge, but not overwhelmingly so. It's not as though a Romney win would be all that surprising.
 
Razor thin, don't know. Hard to tell, really, but it feels like it's going to be a close one. We will certainly see, and I will certainly be very drunk before the announcement is made.
 
I voted close race with romney winning. I believe from what im seeing he has the edge...
 
Neither. The EC will be 290 to 248 or very close to that. I do not consider this razor thin or a blow out.

The popular vote will be much closer with Obama just carryiing it by less than 5% of the total
 
I think Obama will win, most likely by a razor thin margin. However, if Obama gets Florida because of the way the Electoral College map is looking this year, we'll know who won as soon as Ohio is declared presumably as an Obama win. If Obama loses Florida, we won't know until Colorado or maybe Nevada.

I also think its possible for Obama to win the election but lose the popular vote. Another factor is the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which is impacting early voting and might change the outcome.
 
I think Obama will win, most likely by a razor thin margin. However, if Obama gets Florida because of the way the Electoral College map is looking this year, we'll know who won as soon as Ohio is declared presumably as an Obama win. If Obama loses Florida, we won't know until Colorado or maybe Nevada.

I also think its possible for Obama to win the election but lose the popular vote. Another factor is the impact of Hurricane Sandy, which is impacting early voting and might change the outcome.

Up until the closing time on the west coast is also a possiblity. Some articles I have read say that we won't know for sure untill California stops voting.
 
Razor thin, and I have no idea who is going to win. If I were forced to make a bet, I'd probably bet on Obama as the incumbent, but it'd have to be a small wager.
 
Razor thin, could go either way, though if I had to make a call one way or another it'd be Obama but with very little confidence.

I think the popular vote will be less than a 3% difference.

I think neither side will have more than 320 Electoral Votes (IE no one's getting over 60% of the electoral votes). I actually expect neither to get over 295, which would be less than 55%
 
:shrug: I voted halfway between what I think and what I hope.


Realistically, who knows what's going to happen in Ohio. I can't believe national swings haven't bled into that state more strongly.
 
:shrug: I voted halfway between what I think and what I hope.


Realistically, who knows what's going to happen in Ohio. I can't believe national swings haven't bled into that state more strongly.

I tend to agree with this. I find it difficult to believe that Ohio seems to be polling almost 3 points more Democratic than the national vote, and is likely to be the tipping point state. I think it's more likely that either the national polls are overestimating Romney's standing or the Ohio polls are overestimating Obama's standing (or both).
 
Razor thin. Goes to the House.
Interesting, maybe a good idea.
But, of course, if this happens, Mr Obama has no chance.
IMO, with tens of millions of votes cast, the winning number should be 50.01% or more...As it is now, just one vote makes or breaks.
Florida was close and handled very poorly - at least if one believes the news reports.
We do need reform and improvement here - a national ID card would help.
"Not sure" was my vote, I fear the worst if the tea-baggers win...
 
Depends on what is meant by "blowout". Could I see either candidate winning by, oh, 50 electoral votes? Sure. Can I see Nixon '72 or Reagan '84? Hell no. That'll never happen again.
 
Obama only because of the increase in third party votes, and because of Romney's increasing mishaps and shooting himself in the foot. This new coming out of details how he wanted to shut down FEMA is not going to sit well with people. His increases in defense spending is what scares me, is FEMA going to suffer even though he recanted his previous statements. I can see now funding from education, green technologies, and disaster relief being drained to increase the size of our military, even when it is not needed. Since 9/11 only 33 people have been killed in the United States by acts of terrorism, Hurricane Sandy alone almost surpasses that number.
 
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