Dems Favored In Electoral Map


	Dems Favored In Electoral Map

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4-26-2008 11:00 AM

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/e8ffd042-10b2-4f5a-b064-4b97ac1ececc/0D808397-F6C9-4BC0-97C2-3178B781D049/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080426/ap_on_el_pr/road_to270" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080426/ap_on_el_pr/road_to270" style="font-size: 11px;">news.yahoo.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080426/ap_on_el_pr/road_to270"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/news.yahoo.com/img/C0300281-7F6A-4DBA-8AB2-8240A6CE45DA" alt="In this April 23, 2008, file photo, Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., waves as she takes the stage to address supporters in American Legion Mall in Indianapolis. The electoral road to the White House favors Democrats this fall — either Barack Obama or Clinton — and has Republican John McCain playing defense to thwart a presidential power shift. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080426/ap_on_el_pr/road_to270"><P>
                        WASHINGTON - The electoral road to the White House favors Democrats this fall — either <SPAN id="lw_1209220878_0" class="yshortcuts">Barack Obama</SPAN> or <SPAN id="lw_1209220878_1" class="yshortcuts">Hillary Rodham Clinton</SPAN> — and has <SPAN id="lw_1209220878_2" class="yshortcuts">Republican John McCain</SPAN> playing defense to thwart a presidential power shift.                        
                        </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080426/ap_on_el_pr/road_to270"><P>A downtrodden economy, the war in Iraq and a public call for change have created an <SPAN id="lw_1209220878_3" class="yshortcuts">Electoral College</SPAN> outlook and a political environment filled with extraordinary opportunity for the Democrats and enormous challenge for the GOP nominee-in-waiting.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080426/ap_on_el_pr/road_to270"><P>Both parties count on victory in dozens of states that long have voted their way. The competition to reach the 270 electoral votes needed to win is expected to play out primarily in 14 states. All but one saw the greatest action in 2004. The exception is Virginia, a longtime Republican stronghold where Democrats have made inroads.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080426/ap_on_el_pr/road_to270">Eight of the states went for <SPAN id="lw_1209220878_4" class="yshortcuts">President Bush</SPAN> four years ago, including the crown jewels <SPAN id="lw_1209220878_5" class="yshortcuts">Ohio</SPAN> and <SPAN id="lw_1209220878_6" class="yshortcuts">Florida</SPAN>.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080426/ap_on_el_pr/road_to270">Six, including big-prize <SPAN id="lw_1209220878_7" class="yshortcuts">Pennsylvania</SPAN>, voted for Democrat <SPAN id="lw_1209220878_8" class="yshortcuts">John Kerry</SPAN>.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/0D808397-F6C9-4BC0-97C2-3178B781D049/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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