The campaigns agree that the crucial swing votes are in the inner suburbs of Denver, such as Jefferson and Arapahoe Counties.
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For one thing, the tax package was defeated not because of overwhelming opposition, but because several members who could have been swing votes--notably Sen.
The senators who live in the states where the ad is airing just happened to be the key swing votes for health reform - mostly conservative Democrats and a few moderate Republicans.
But if you could find a -- if they could find a workable state public option, would that be a key way of perhaps getting the vote of some of the swing votes?
Perhaps not coincidentally, it also is the type of argument that might sway swing votes on the Supreme Court -- as well as swing voters -- to support this extension of individual civil rights.
Mr Obama may also have problems with Catholic voters a group that has been one of the most important swing votes in America since Ronald Reagan and that is over-represented in almost all the swing states.
Democratic candidates can make token promises to blacks which can then be conveniently set aside as they dash to the middle for swing votes, says the Rev Floyd Flake, a former Democratic congressman from New York.
But the difference here is that Senator McCain wants to make the case that he is not about so much winning black votes but winning white moderate votes, the swing votes that are going to be key to determining the outcome of the fall election.
As a result, for every one-point national swing in votes between those two parties, fewer seats change hands.
Bid leaders hope the innovative scheme will swing crucial votes London's way.
Determining whether such endorsements swing any votes is not easy.
The ultra-nationalist National Union Party may well swing its four votes behind a Labourless government too.
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As a result, the party managed to consolidate its base of support in Republican-voting areas, while eroding Democratic votes in swing areas.
So when the Des Moines register comes out and endorses somebody, that can matter, you know, even though newspaper endorsements don't typically swing a lot of votes.
If the battleground states with the most electoral college votes all swing towards the same candidate, the overall result could be called early on in the night.
Democrats believe manual recounts of 1.7 million ballots in Florida's three most populous counties, Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach, could yield enough votes to swing the White House to Vice President Al Gore.
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President Obama may have to pause in his efforts to put together a basket of swing states and electoral votes that could reassure his re-election and, instead, try to assemble a different sort of portfolio that could end up being just as important: some reports on the U .
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Both are swing states whose electoral-college votes could determine the outcome of the 2012 presidential race.
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This individual will deliver a swing state with a substantial number of electoral votes.
Virginia holds 13 electoral votes and is considered a definitive swing state for the Presidential election.
Pennsylvania, with its 21 electoral votes, is seen as a swing state this election.
Many Democrats blame Nader's Green Party candidacy in 2000 for siphoning enough votes away from Al Gore to swing key states, including Florida, into President George W. Bush's column.
The presidential campaign in Venezuela is in full swing, but Chavez has hardly been seen pursuing votes.
His People's Party lost a swing seat this week after failing to win enough overseas votes.
Indeed, the enormous swing in Hamilton South brought the SNP within barely 600 votes of taking Labour's sixth safest seat in Scotland.
The seat was won by Lib Dem candidate Mike Thornton, while UKIP candidate Diane James got 11, 571 votes, on a 19.3% swing from the Lib Dems.
They are the largest and fastest-growing minority in America and their votes are hugely important in this election in swing states like Nevada, Colorado and Florida.
Pennsylvania, with 20 electoral college votes, has long been seen as a vital swing state in presidential elections.
Even as Ryan fires up conservatives, he may also mobilize votes for Obama -- including senior citizens who reside in key swing states like Florida.
And with the polls currently showing an across-the-board swing to Labour anyway, the Tories will have a still harder time attracting minority votes.
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