What Are the Swing States

I don't think there are just nine and they change. Missouri used to be a swing state but we have been reddish for so long they took the title away.

All it means is they can go both ways.

Looks like there are eleven this go around. They are anything that isn't red or blue on that map.

http://projects.wsj.com/campaign2012/maps/?mod=wsj_electi...

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Yeah but like two people live in some of those states so they only get three votes in the electoral college. I like playing with that map cause you can make the swing states anything you want! Mwahahahahahah It doesn't mean anything mind you but it is fun.

Colorado
Florida
Iowa
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Ohio
Virginia
Wisconsin

I just googled swing states and was greeted with about 20 articles.

Google can be a best friend!

Ohio
Michigan
Wisconsin
Nevada
Colorado
Virginia
Florida
Pennsylvania

That is all that I can come up with. 8.

Here's another interactive site that shows the different ways each candidate can win:

http://apps.npr.org/swing-state-scorecard/?

I've been following the 538 blog which is an aggragate analysis of the polls. They seperate the predictions for the electoral college (using state polls) and the popular vote (national polls):

http://fivethirtyeight.blogs.nytimes.com/