Age: 68
Occupation: Antiques Dealer
Residency: Dover, New Hampshire 03820
Political Affiliation: Independent leaning Republican
Will Likely Vote for: Mitt Romney (but her state will likely vote for Barack Obama)
Today, we continue to look at how an individual in a given swing state can impact the election. Older people tend to vote Republican, so much so that the faux news publication "The Onion" wrote an article stating that GOP operatives were working diligently to keep older voters alive on Election Day, which is four weeks from today. But, women voters are favoring President Barack Obama.
In New Hampshire, Obama holds a relatively comfortable lead over Mitt Romney by a 50-44 margin according to the "Politico" swing state map. Obama is faring even better in Massachusetts, a state that Romney governed. The margin there is 59-34.
It thus appears highly likely that Romney will be the first presidential candidate to lose his home state in an election since Al Gore lost Tennessee to George W. Bush, in the highly controversial/dubious election of 2000.
The last person elected president to lose their home state was Richard M. Nixon in 1968.
And, in case you were wondering, Barry Goldwater's running mate in 1964 was William E. Miller.
That's all we have time for today; there will be another installment in this series tomorrow.
http://wiswallhouseantiques.com (An antique store in Durham, NH)
http://www.politico.com
http://www.theonion.com
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