US Presidential Election - Predict the winner and by how much

[Arjun]

Who do you think is going to win and by how many votes?

[casinodude]

obama, landslide

I actually think its the mormon vote thats killing romney, that combined with his conviction which if you read into mormon beliefs they are not confrontational in their religion so that he is even contridicting himeslf.

a man with alot of money that chose a religion , that doesn't pay taxes,

he losses by a landslide

[Sheadey]

Honestly think this is going to be a close one. The HuffPost has Obama at 47.2% and Romney at 47.4% as of an hour ago.

2012 General Election: Romney vs. Obama

[cardscrazy]

Romney by 1 million votes

[allfreechips]

Romney by a jimmy carter landslide.. WTF doesn't pay his taxes casinodude? He paid more taxes in one year that i hope to make in 20...

seriously where do people get this info from? Better to question how Joe I never had a job in my life is a millionaire on at 180K a year job?

[rmeeuwsen]

Without calling Romney a politician that sways whatever way the wind blows (and I ain't talking Sandy), it's looks like a close call - but hopefully Obama pulls it off with more than a 2 million vote lead. But we'll have to wait and see the final result until after the recount.




PS I hope there are no more Bush governors left able to swing states toward the GOP

[allfreechips]

Just when I thought the country was starting to wake up....

[rmeeuwsen]

Just when I thought the country was starting to wake up....

Yes, I know. We've been working hard to get it back on it's economic feet after a worldwide crisis at the end of the last Republican administration. One more war to go.

No matter who wins, this excessive spending has got to stop!

[slotplayer]

by joe I assume you mean Biden, he's hardly a millionaire, not even in the top 50 for congress. As matter of fact I was surprised how little he makes. he paid about 23% in taxes ($87.9K off $379K income)

Romney paid about 14% ($1.95 mil of $13.7 mil income). Romney won't release any tax returns other than the 2 years required.

When his father (George Romney) ran for pres he released 12 years worth and said that 1 or 2 years could be a fluke or something like that. Obama released 7 years worth in 2008.

Romney has to win Ohio or run the table on most of the swing states to get to 270. Could be that he wins the popular vote but falls short on the 270 electorate votes.

Romney is a chameleon. ftr I was calling him a chameleon long before the media. I don't trust anyone that can't stick to their guns. While I don't completely agree with Obama he doesn't change with the tides.

As far the economy goes, the job losses from the 2008 crisis was about 850K more than the last 6 recessions combined so while the rebound isn't great had the 2008 recession been economically similar to any of the previous 6 the economy would be in full gear.

btw The Romneys live in the next town over from me.

[casinodude]

Romeny has tax avoidation issues , it is a clear part of obamas attack campaign at the start but his campaign wask by legal advice asked to stop attacking the issue. He avoided tax evasion issues, even used his religion in some respects with avoiding paying tax