Electoral Map

Obama's victory may show the way to win in future

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER| AP| POLITICS

… to 29 year olds, a 12-point improvement over Kerry. Four years ago, the Democrats were looking at a shrinking electoral map as they suffered through hard-fought losses in Ohio and Florida. Suburban soccer moms seemed to be trending Republican …

Story|11/09/2008

GOP maintains grip on South, but at what cost?

By BEN EVANS| AP| POLITICS

… the election to discuss their next steps. Calls for change could be heightened this year after Obama shook up the electoral map by winning even the Southern border states of Virginia and North Carolina, and congressional Democrats picked up a …

Story|11/08/2008

Historic, but calm Election Night for TV networks

By DAVID BAUDER| AP| ENTERTAINMENT

… Chris Matthews said at 8:02 p.m. ABC and NBC were the quickest to call Pennsylvania. Brit Hume was discussing the electoral map with analyst Karl Rove when Hume was given word that Fox News Channel was calling the key battleground of Ohio for …

Story|11/05/2008

Waiting for the outcome, TV news had its gimmicks

By FRAZIER MOORE| AP| ENTERTAINMENT

… virtual-reality rotunda. There, 3-D bar graphs rose from the "marble floor" alongside the correspondent, or an electoral map appeared to be hanging from the "columns" in the background. Going all-out is a TV news tradition, since at least …

Story|11/05/2008

It could be a big night for election viewing

By DAVID BAUDER| AP| ENTERTAINMENT

… political news primarily from The Associated Press, and will use the AP's call of individual states to update its electoral map , he said. Television networks are also relying on the AP for its vote returns, but the networks usually make their …

Story|11/04/2008

Bush tells Obama: 'What an awesome night for you'

By BEN FELLER| AP| POLITICS

… the architect of his two successful presidential runs. On election eve, Rove distributed his last analysis of the electoral map . It predicted Obama winning easily. ___ AP News Survey Specialist Dennis Junius contributed to this report. Copyright …

Story|11/04/2008

Obama campaign manager sees many paths to victory

POLITICS

… predicted a historic comeback for John McCain. Campaign manager David Plouffe said Sunday that Obama has expanded the electoral map by aggressively campaigning in traditional Republican states like Virginia, Colorado and Nevada. Plouffe said he …

Story|11/02/2008

Transcript: Rick Davis on 'FOX News Sunday'

FOXNews.com| FNS with Chris Wallace

… who's about to embark on the final sprint to the finish with Senator McCain. Rick, let's start with the latest electoral map from Karl Rove. This is a map based on recent state polls. He has — now has Obama leading in leads that are outside …

Story|11/02/2008

Transcript: David Plouffe on 'FOX News Sunday'

FOXNews.com| FNS with Chris Wallace

… CAMPAIGN MANAGER DAVID PLOUFFE: Good to be with you, Chris. WALLACE: Let's start by going back to Karl Rove's electoral map which we put up in the last segment, and that poll shows Obama now leading in states with 311 electoral votes, 41 more than he needs …

Story|11/02/2008