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2016 presidential election predictions we can already make

Published on May 4, 2015 in Top Headlines by Phil Ammann

In the past few decades, swing states, once major wild cards in presidential politics, are becoming scarcer. When Florida decided the 2000 election with 537 votes, 12 states helped elect the president by less than five percentage points. In 2012, the number of swing states dropped to four. For today’s Electoral College, 40 of 50 states have voted for the same party in all four elections since 2000, says Larry Sabato, Kyle Kondik and Geoffrey Skelley in today’s POLITICO. Of the…

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Jeb Bush, in swing-state Ohio speech: ‘I’m my own person’

Published on April 14, 2015 in 2017/Top Headlines by Associated Press

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — GOP White House prospect Jeb Bush has kicked off a speech to business leaders in swing-state Ohio with a series of personal recollections, saying he’s his “own person.” The former Florida governor took his all-but-declared 2016 presidential bid to the battleground state Tuesday. He delivered an address to the Ohio Chamber of Commerce’s sold-out annual meeting and planned a fundraiser later in Cincinnati. Bush says he’s blessed to be the son and brother of presidents, but…

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