How Obama could win in a landslide
By Charles Garcia, Special to CNN
February 28, 2012 -- Updated 0634 GMT (1434 HKT)
TIME magazine's cover story, which hit the newsstand Thursday, argues that Latino voters will cast the deciding vote in the upcoming election.
Obama comes into the election with 196 electoral votes from safe Democratic states.
If he takes Arizona and if Hispanic voters help him flip Missouri, which McCain won by fewer than 4,000 votes, and help him retain Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico and North Carolina, then Obama wins with 279 electoral votes, nine more than the 270 needed.
If he can retain Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia or Wisconsin, also populated with many Latino swing voters, then he could win in a landslide.
Read More: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/24/opinion/garcia-obama-latinos/index.html
By Charles Garcia, Special to CNN
February 28, 2012 -- Updated 0634 GMT (1434 HKT)
TIME magazine's cover story, which hit the newsstand Thursday, argues that Latino voters will cast the deciding vote in the upcoming election.
Obama comes into the election with 196 electoral votes from safe Democratic states.
If he takes Arizona and if Hispanic voters help him flip Missouri, which McCain won by fewer than 4,000 votes, and help him retain Colorado, Indiana, Michigan, Nevada, New Mexico and North Carolina, then Obama wins with 279 electoral votes, nine more than the 270 needed.
If he can retain Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia or Wisconsin, also populated with many Latino swing voters, then he could win in a landslide.
Read More: http://edition.cnn.com/2012/02/24/opinion/garcia-obama-latinos/index.html