Obama vs McCain Campaign Offices Per State

[darius15]

Ohio- Obama 33, McCain 9
Michigan- Obama 22, McCain 11
Colorado- Obama 10, McCain 1
Virginia- Obama 28, McCain 6
Nevada- Obama 6, McCain 1
New Hampshire- Obama 14, McCain 3
New Mexico- Obama 18, McCain 1
Iowa- Obama 23, McCain 6
Pennsylvania- Obama 18, McCain 1
Florida- McCain 35, Obama 25
Oregon- Obama 6, McCain 1
Indiana- Obama 14, McCain 0
New Jersey- McCain 1, Obama 0
Montana- Obama 6, McCain 0
Missouri- Obama 27, McCain 7
Minnesota- Obama 9, McCain 7
Wisconsin- Obama 23, McCain 6
North Dakota- Obama 4, McCain 0
West Virginia- McCain 1, Obama 0
North Carolina- Obama 11, McCain 0
Washington- Obama 18, McCain 1
Maine- Obama 6, McCain 1
Alaska- Obama 4, McCain 0
California- McCain 1, Obama 0
Georgia- Obama 11, McCain 0
Arizona- McCain 1, Obama 0


Overall: Obama 336, McCain 101

[madaboutharry]

1. Alright, I don't get what the

McCain campaign is thinking. Maybe they don't believe in a ground organization. It is puzzling.

[endthewar]

37. They're spending all of their money now on TV ads

Obama is saving his and opening up campaign offices. Dividends will pay off big time in September and October.

[AtomicKitten]

2. Obama is going to spank McBush in the ground game GOTV.

[darius15]

4. Yeah, Obama runs the ground game while McCain beats Obama in

advertising. Right now that is. But in October, Obama will have loads of cash and will buy so much ad time.

[AtomicKitten]

7. McBush needs to dump a wad now before the convention.

Then he's on a strict diet of some $89 million public financing funds. That's when Obama starts barking LOUD fueled by his own wad.

[floridablue]

26. RNC already has about 70 mil to help him, and

Shu*bbie keeps taking those little taxpayer paid for trips around the Country to raise money for the RNC.

[AtomicKitten]

27. something's up though because the RNC fell $10 million short for their convention.

me thinks things aren't as swell for the GOP as they claim

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/10/gop-still-10-million-shor_n_118003.html

[jakem]

3. what is with O:zero in NJ & AZ?!

[darius15]

5. NJ is expensive, why compete in AZ?

[GoesTo11]

13. Should definitely compete in McCain's backyard (AZ)

just to get him to say "Hey you kids get off my lawn."

[jakem]

14. Because he might win it? Long shot, but still- with Barr as wildcard...

McCain not only faced problems with Independent voters, he is losing a small, but potentially lethal voting block of the GOP right to Barr. The former Republican congressman from Georgia is pulling just enough voters in many states to shift the balance to Obama. Whether this bloc will remain in Barr's camp on election day could determine the outcome.

“Barr is hurting McCain all across the country,” said Fritz Wenzel, director of communications for Zogby.

The Zogby poll of 1,142 likely Arizona voters was conducted June 11-30, with a margin of error of plus or minus 3 percentage points. The survey found Obama leading in Arizona with 42 percent of the vote, followed by McCain with 39 percent. Barr had 7 percent, followed by Independent Ralph Nader with 2 percent. Five percent of the voters selected other candidates and 5 percent were undecided.

Wenzel said 16 percent of Arizona voters who described themselves as very conservative said they would vote for Barr, with 64 percent backing McCain. The double-digit defection to Barr signals further trouble ahead for Arizona’s senior Senator.

“That’s very dangerous for a Republican candidate,” Wentzel said.

The poll shows Obama crushing McCain among Arizona Independent voters, 51 percent to 28 percent. The number of Independent voters in Arizona has skyrocketed in the last year and now makes up 27 percent of the state's voters. Republicans continue to hold a narrow 38 percent to 34 percent lead over Democrats in registered voters.

http://washingtonindependent.com/view/mccains-arizona-woes

[blondeatlast]

17. I'd like him to mak a campaign stop here just to embarrass McCain (and it would), but

he doesn't have a chance. We're concentrating on local races like Maricopa County sherriff to get rid of the fascist Joe Arpaio.

[my3boyz]

23. I would love it if Obama could win his home state! GOP gloated when

Bush won TN. I would love to it if Obama could kick McCain's @ss in his own state!

[jesus_of_suburbia]

6. This (among other things) is why we will win in November.

Thanks for posting, darius15 !

[27inCali]

8. so McCain is giving up on Indiana

and Montana? North Carolina?

What?

don't they understand how bad it would be for them to lose those states?
even if they over performed everywhere else, it would kill their chances.


I could run a better campaign than these jerks.

[darius15]

12. Yeah, I guess so

I can understand NC, but not having any in IN or MT is asking for trouble.

I think they're making the same mistake Hillary did in the primaries. They're pouring all their efforts into the big swing states, but the problem for them is Obama only needs to win 2 out of these 4 states: PA, MI, OH, FL. Obama can win the election by winning a lot of smaller states that were overlooked in 04.

[Eric J in MN]

22. That probably reflects McCain's confidence that he will win Indiana. NT

NT

[book_worm]

9. I know we will win California, but not one single campaign office?

where do people go if they want stickers or signs?

[maseman]

10. An Obama campaign headquarters

is different than a local Democratic campaign headquarters. Nearly every county has at least one Republican and one Democrat party headquarters where you can get yard signs, bumper stickers, volunteer for phone banking, etc.

The headquarters they are referring to is official regional headquarters ran and paid for specifically by the campaign. The lack of either Obama or McSame in Cali is simply because it will be blue no matter what. Look at the tighter states like Ohio, Florida and Penn.

[book_worm]

11. okay, makes sense.

[osaMABUSh]

15. Oh, I get it McLame is running the Rudy strategy

Lets put all our eggs in FLA

[darius15]

16. LOL, actually

his 35 offices in Florida is misleading. Many of those 35 offices are owned by the Republican Party of Florida, not John McCain. Those offices do a small amount of ground work for McCain, but mostly for Senate\Governor\Congressional District races.

Sorry, I should have mentioned that earlier.

[VADem11]

18. Obama will have an office in every state

At least eventually.

[darius15]

19. There's no point in doing that

[Eric J in MN]

20. I guess McCain is confident about Indiana, since he hasn't even

...bothered to setup an office there.

[my3boyz]

24. Yup. The only place he seems really agressive in is Florida. nt

[darius15]

28. actually not really

his 35 offices in Florida is misleading. Many of those 35 offices are owned by the Republican Party of Florida, not John McCain. Those offices do a small amount of ground work for McCain, but mostly for Senate\Governor\Congressional District races.

Sorry, I should have mentioned that earlier.

[my3boyz]

21. Great info! Kinda curious why Obama does not have one in New Jersey though. nt

[darius15]

29. I think it's very expensive

in NJ. I don't think he needs one anyway, McCain isn't really competing and Obama is comfortably ahead.

[Hepburn]

25. What??? No Obama offices in SoCal???

Hmmmmmm....I thought there was one in Marina del Rey...at least there used to be!

[darius15]

30. Your probably right

but those offices were for the primary battles. Many of those offices have closed down now, some have turned into general election offices. I guess in SoCal, all the primary Obama offices are now closed.

[MaineDem]

31. Maine has over 30 offices - the state party and Obama's Campaign for Change are co-located.

I bet that's the case in many states.

[Beaverhausen]

32. where did you get this info? It doesn't look right

[darius15]

34. 538.com

and why doesn't it look right?

[Beaverhausen]

35. Obama has 29 offices in PA

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/08221/902768-176.stm

20 in Virginia
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-local_offices_0717jul17,0,1653515.story

20 in New Mexico
http://www.daily-times.com/news/ci_10146375

I'm googled campaign offices and I'm getting different numbers.

[darius15]

36. Could be because

during the primaries, candidates open many offices in states. But after the primaries, many of the offices are shut down, while some because General Election campaign offices.

I think these numbers are more trustable because Nate Silver ( the owner of 538.com) actually called the offices in each state last week to see if the office was still running

[tekisui]

33. This reinforces what we thought. McLiar's Priority Number One is

defending FL. Then MI.

If McLiar loses either of those, he loses. But, if he loses Ohio, Indiana, Virginia OR Colorado--he still loses.