Senator John McCain has selected Alaska Governor Sarah Palin to be his running mate. With Alaska’s three electoral votes fairly safe for Republicans, this choice was clearly not based on geography, but demographics and it appears that McCain is betting that the choice of Palin will help him win over unsatisfied former Hillary Clinton [...]

The Washington Post has another interesting info-graphic from their political geography series, this time examining where states are placed on the floor of the Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.
The Denver convention’s seating chart pretty much sums it up. For the most part, the swing states have been assigned to the primo floor spots while [...]

August 24, 2008 Update: Map the Candidates.com has launched for the general election. The map of campaign stops since June shows that both campaigns are spending significant time in the mid-West and consider Ohio and Michigan to be critically important swing states

www.mapthecandidates.com

December 17, 2007 Primary Coverage
Slate.com has built a mashup [...]

The newest post on key swing states at Real Clear Politics examines Virginia, where Obama hopes to become the first Democrat to carry the state since Johnson in 1964. The large African-American population should help Obama and the large veteran population should help McCain.

Swing State Review: Virginia

Here are five things [...]

The latest post on key swing states at Real Clear Politics examines Colorado, a traditionally Republican state that both Obama and McCain view as a potential swing state in this election.

Swing State Review: Colorado

Here are four things to watch on Election Day.
(1) Metropolitan Denver. Denver is the critical battlefield because it’s so large and sits [...]

The next post in Real Clear Politics series on key swing states examines Pennsylvania, which has voted Democratic since 1992, but has been listed by both the Obama and McCain campaigns as a potential swing state in this election.

Swing State Review: Pennsylvania

what McCain must do to flip Pennsylvania from blue to red. There are four [...]

Real Clear Politics has a series of posts examining key swing states and they recently featured Ohio, which became the tipping point state in the 2004 election.

Swing State Review: Ohio - part 1
Swing State Review: Ohio - part 2

Highlights of the analysis include a great collection of maps and some interesting info:

Since 1960, it has [...]

North Carolina, like Indiana which also votes May 6th, offers Barack Obama an opportunity to clinch the nomination while also providing Hillary Clinton a final opportunity to cast doubt on Obama’s electability. If Obama beats Clinton in both Indiana and North Carolina on May 6th, then Clinton will be left without a reason to [...]

Indiana’s primary on May 6th is a pivotal primary providing Hillary Clinton a final chance to derail Barack Obama’s path to the nomination and offering Barack Obama an opportunity to clinch the nomination. If Obama beats Clinton in both Indiana and North Carolina on May 6th, then Clinton will be left without a reason [...]

All eyes are on Pennsylvania as voters go to the polls to cast the first ballots in the Democratic presidential primary in nearly six weeks. News and Maps in the links below. Be sure to check back, as this page will be updated through out the day and night as more news breaks and election results come in.
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- New York Times: Pennsylvania Primary Map
- 538: Pennsylvania Scorecard
- Washington Post: Pennsylvania Political Geography
- The Electoral Map: Pennsylvania Primary Predictions
- Cogitamus: More Pennsylvania Registration Maps