# Swing state polling and the electoral college map **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 3, 2020, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994 "2020-06-03T17:47:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 40
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994/781 "2020-11-06T20:43:00Z")
A local pal told me he was watching _The Godfather 2_ to escape the barrage of election-related news on TV. I noted that one was about an aging criminal facing his inevitable loss of power, and the other is a movie. ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2020, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994/782 "2020-11-06T20:53:08Z")
LOL Nicely done there. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994/783 "2020-11-07T03:55:05Z")
I am rather proud of myself, I have to admit. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994/784 "2020-11-07T07:10:51Z")
Good one. Reminds me of “There are two novels that can change a bookish fourteen-year old’s life: _The Lord of the Rings_ and _Atlas Shrugged_ One is a childish fantasy that often engenders a lifelong obsession with its unbelievable heroes, leading to an emotionally stunted, socially crippled adulthood, unable to deal with the real world. The other, of course, involves orcs.” John Rogers. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994/785 "2020-11-07T13:32:50Z")
And of course the hoary old > Q: What’s the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenburg? > A: One is a flaming Nazi gasbag. The other was a German dirigible. Obviously there are several obese RW gasbags that could now substitute for Limbaugh. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2020, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994/786 "2020-11-07T17:07:23Z")
I think it was Jay Leno who joked, when Ahnuld was elected Governor of California, “Finally, someone who can explain Republican civil rights policy in the original German.” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2020, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994/787 "2020-11-08T05:42:46Z")
This might interest you: > [@Let's name a Biden Cabinet](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-name-a-biden-cabinet/925040): > > Just for fun - and to see how close each of us get to the eventual real thing: State - Either Susan Rice or Samantha Power, both important Obama foreign policy appointees Treasury - I’d love to see Elizabeth Warren here, but she’s needed in the Senate (and a GOP governor would replace her if she left). Maybe Tom Steyer, or bring back Jack Lew? Defense - I’m a Michelle Howard fan; high time for an experienced woman to lead the Pentagon: [Michelle Howard - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelle_Howard) Attorney General: Stacey Ab… ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994/788 "2020-11-13T15:01:43Z")
> **[Biden carries Arizona, flipping a longtime Republican stronghold | CNN Politics](https://www.cnn.com/2020/11/12/politics/biden-wins-arizona/index.html)** > > For just the second time in more than seven decades, a Democrat will carry Arizona in a presidential election, a monumental shift for a state that was once a Republican stronghold. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994/789 "2020-11-25T19:54:33Z")
To see how other states ended up going, click on them in the national map to the right and down a little here: > **[2020 United States presidential election](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_United_States_presidential_election)** > > Pages for logged out editors learn more > > > > > Donald Trump > Republican > Joe Biden > Democratic [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/swing-state-polling-and-the-electoral-college-map/854994.md?page=39)