Week 5-Election Post

• In this year's presidential election for the United States there appear to be a few states deemed swing states, also known as battleground states, whose desicion on the next president are up for grabs. The states I will be talking specifically are my own state of Virginia and the hotly contested state of Ohio. Virginia is a swing state because of the newly created rift between the voting patterns of the northern, more-democratic region of the state and the southern, more republican regions. As the Northern Virginian counties have advanced in value and importance to the business world and have had influxes of minorities, the voting patterns of the area have continuously leaned toward the liberal point of view. Southern Virginia, however, has retained it's older, conservative views. Ohio is a swing state this election becuase of the same reasons it was an important state last election, it's large and diverse population. The diversity of the population has caused the voting patterns of the state to vary widely from county to county.
• I believe that Virginia will vote Democratic because of the increasing population of the north, which I think will swing enough votes for Obama to make Virginia a democratic win. For Ohio I also believe that Obama will win due to the diverse population of the state and how it has many diverse regions. Due to the diversity and various ideologies of it's people, I believe it will be won by Obama due to his appeal to Americans right now. Also, polls currently show that both states are in Obama's hands right now as Obama has around a 7% lead in both states, according to the averages of RealClearPolitics.com.