# What happened to the electoral college blowouts? **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [October 23, 2008, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-electoral-college-blowouts/469245 "2008-10-23T19:13:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Captain\_Carrot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f0a364/32.png) [@Captain\_Carrot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Carrot)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2008, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-electoral-college-blowouts/469245/21 "2008-10-25T03:16:14Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > To go over 400, Obama would have to win Georgia, plus every state he’s more likely to win, including Montana, North Dakota, and Indiana. It’s possible, but it’s a longshot. MT and ND are tied, and there are multiple polls showing him ahead in IN. GA will probably be close, but according to every model developed (which still may not be very close to what happens, given the [to my knowledge] virtually unprecedented GOTV efforts by the Obama campaign. I agree that it is unlikely, but Nate Silver puts the odds for 375+ votes at 48%, nearly 10 times as much as McCain’s chances of winning at all. > [@gravitycrash](#): > > Here is one hint Democrats, Nobody in flyover country is in the mood for more taxes. If you think you have a mandate to raise existing taxes you will pay. God I’m fucking sick of this meme. Democrat=tax hike!!1!!!1 Obama has published his tax plan, which includes cutting taxes on poor people and raising them for the rich. He, at least, is not going to cut taxes on the rich and increase spending. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2008, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-electoral-college-blowouts/469245/22 "2008-10-26T02:19:19Z")
Wait until 2012, when Obama runs for re-election against Palin. She will be lucky to carry Alaska and Utah. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-happened-to-the-electoral-college-blowouts/469245.md?page=1)