This is nice to read, but most of it sounds anecdotal. If there are so fewer voters in these counties, where did they go? If they moved within state, they’d still count the same. Also, the ground game of Obama is insane. I think it will almost certainly be very close, possibly recount.
Welcome to Free Republic. Do you live in Ohio or did you just hear this from someone. People on the ground in Ohio have been saying that Romney GOTV is the best they’ve ever seen.
Ohio is one fo the most blue-collar states of all. They have been hurt really badly in this recession. Obama has clout in the union held areas only, but we’ve also seen a lot of union people show up in 2010 and vote for republicans because of Obama’s policies. Like Rush says, we tea party people are not sitting this thing out. We are more energized then ever, just waiting to pull the lever and get this horrible daydream over. One guy, in PA or OH has begun having meetings in his house to inform working men about the issues in this election. He has turned about 80 democrats to republicans so far. in a fem months time. You know that these people tell others, as well. Family members. People are beginning to wake up...in the african-american community, the Hispanic communities, etc. I think this election will go down in history as the Great Awakening.
The GOP ground game is also very strong.
The fact is that Romney leads in the national polls by +5 and that will translate into a Romney win.