- Feb 1, 2008
- 11,493
- 3,159
- 136
Would this be considered an Obama landslide, if it holds true to Nov 4th actual election?
Text
Text
Barack Obama is swamping John McCain in a national mock election among students from kindergarten through college age. The Republican presidential ticket is leading in only 7 states. The students have been successful in calling the winners in at least the past three elections: Bill Clinton in 1996, and George Bush in 2000 and 2004.
With 2.6 million votes counted through Thursday evening, the Democratic ticket of Sens. Obama and Joe Biden had 62.1 percent of the vote, with 34.2 percent for Republicans Sen. McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin. Independent Ralph Nader was third with 1.3 percent.
The leader so far in each state:
Alabama: McCain, 51.4%
Alaska: Obama, 50.9
Arizona: Obama, 48.7
Arkansas: Obama, 55.8
California: N/A
Colorado: Obama, 59.9
Connecticut: Obama, 67.0
Delaware: Obama, 72.0
District of Columbia: Obama, 92.9
Florida: Obama, 63.2
Georgia: Obama, 65.7
Hawaii: McCain, 63.5
Idaho: Obama, 48.4
Illinois: Obama, 74.6
Indiana: Obama, 61.4
Iowa: Obama, 58.2
Kansas: Obama, 48.0
Kentucky: Obama, 47.9
Louisiana: Obama, 51.9
Maine: Obama, 65.1
Maryland: Obama, 63.3
Massachusetts: Obama, 66.7
Michigan: Obama, 63.9
Minnesota: Obama, 53.6
Mississippi: Obama, 52.7
Missouri: Obama, 53.6
Montana: McCain, 47.6
Nebraska: Obama, 51.2
Nevada: Obama, 74.0
New Hampshire: Obama, 62.2
New Jersey: Obama, 67.6
New Mexico: Obama, 66.9
New York: Obama, 68.5
North Carolina: Obama, 56.9
North Dakota: Obama, 57.1
Ohio: Obama, 58.6
Oklahoma: Obama, 51.0
Oregon: N/A
Pennsylvania: Obama, 57.4
Puerto Rico: N/A
Rhode Island: Obama, 72.1
South Carolina: Obama, 54.6
South Dakota: McCain, 57.5
Tennessee: Obama, 55.3
Texas: Obama, 69.3
Utah: McCain, 50.0
Vermont: Obama, 71.3
Virgin Islands: Obama, 49.3
Virginia: Obama, 62.4
Washington: N/A
West Virginia: McCain, 46.2
Wisconsin: Obama, 79.6
Wyoming: McCain, 56.9
Obama the winner, with 54.7 percent to McCain's 42.9 percent. Obama won 33 states and D.C., for a 420-118 victory in the mock Electoral College. The Weekly Reader election included more than 125,000 votes from kindergarten through 12th grade. It claims to have forecast the winner in 12 out of the past 13 elections (missing out in 1992, when students chose George H.W. Bush over Bill Clinton).