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Measuring The Barr Effect

by @ 3:40 pm on July 9, 2008. Filed under 2008 Election, Bob Barr, Politics

Via the Barr 2008 Campaign Blog, comes this interesting list of states where Bob Barr could very well have an impact on the election:

New Hampshire – 10%
Oklahoma – 9%
New Mexico – 9%
Nevada – 9%
Georgia – 8%
Colorado – 8%
Minnesota – 8%
Iowa – 8%
Arizona – 7%
Ohio – 7%
Indiana – 7%
Tennessee – 7%
Texas – 6%
Florida – 6%
Missouri – 6%
Oregon – 6%
Michigan – 6%
Maryland – 6%
South Carolina – 6%
Virginia – 5%
Illinois – 5%
Washington – 5%
California – 5%
Connecticut – 5%
Massachusetts – 5%
Pennsylvania – 5%

All of these numbers come from recent Zogby polls, and represent a total of  367 Electoral Votes. While most of those states (i.e., Texas, Massachusetts, Connecticut for example) will clearly be safely Republican or Democratic in November, the fact that Barr is polling so well in states like New Hampshire, New Mexico, Georgia, Ohio, and Virginia could indicate significant trouble for the McCain campaign.

If John McCain isn’t worried about the Barr effect by now, he should be.

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One Response to “Measuring The Barr Effect”

  1. yea says:

    zobgy interactive is useless. dont believe these numbers.

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