How Romney's advertising shows the shape of the race
A variety of news stories, including this piece at Talking Points Memo, describe how the Romney camp is goign forward with 15 new ads in 8 battleground states.
By now we know that the Republicans have pulled their advertising out of PA and MI. It is interesting that this buy does not include WI and its 10 electoral votes.
Let's presume for a moment that the Romney camp has given up on those 3 three states.
The states in which they are competing (with current electoral votes in parentheses) are as follows:
CO (9), NV (6), IA (6), FL (29), OH (18), NC (15), VA (13), NH (4).
Those 8 states total 100 electoral votes.
In 2008 Obama won 365 electoral votes. The states he won now have
By now we know that the Republicans have pulled their advertising out of PA and MI. It is interesting that this buy does not include WI and its 10 electoral votes.
Let's presume for a moment that the Romney camp has given up on those 3 three states.
The states in which they are competing (with current electoral votes in parentheses) are as follows:
CO (9), NV (6), IA (6), FL (29), OH (18), NC (15), VA (13), NH (4).
Those 8 states total 100 electoral votes.
In 2008 Obama won 365 electoral votes. The states he won now have