The Official Obama Approval Ratings Thread

[Fritz]

MY CURRENT PREDICTION OF THE 2012 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION:

District of Columbia, assumed to be about a 90% win for Obama, 3
deep red                  Obama 10% margin or greater  151
medium red              Obama, 5-9.9% margin  39
pale red                   Obama, margin under 5% 145
white                        too close to call  29
pale blue                  Republican  under 5%  47
medium blue             Republican  5-9.9% margin 15
deep blue                 Republican over 10% 165

Pbrower, why is it that none of your numbers add up right?

3 + 151 + 39 + 145 + 29 + 47 + 15 + 165 = 594.
Electoral votes = 538

[Fritz]

It's important to remember that the results of the 2012 election will rely on not only Obama's Approval ratings, but also the performance of the Republican Congress through 2011-2012, and the nominated candidate.

It's a tad bit premature to be calling the Congress of 2011-2012 "Republican".

[Fritz]

We want electoral vote totals with those maps!