There are a number of states that Bush won in 2004 that Obama has put in play. Currently, there are 15 states that voted for Bush in 2004 which are no longer safe for McCain. These states include FL, OH, VA, NC, GA, IN, IA, MO, CO, NM, SD, ND, MT, NV and even AZ.
My poll asks which of these 15 states, leaving electoral votes aside for the moment, you would most like to win.
The motivation might be bragging rights. It might be the fact that you live or have lived in the state. It might be anger with the voting outcome in 2000 or '04.
Or maybe you have family in the state? Or you've loved it on a visit?
Or maybe the state has been deep red for so long that you'd just love to turn it blue?
The poll is below the fold...
A few ground rules:
- I've included only those states that were won by Bush in 2004 and that are currently rated as McCain leaners, as tossups, as Obama leaners, or as safe for Obama at pollster.com. This means they range from light pink to yellow, to light blue, to dark blue on the pollster.com map.
- There are just enough poll slots for all of the states mentioned above--that's 15 states that Bush carried in 2004. There are no deep red states (safe McCain) in the poll itself, but you can mention such states in a comment
- No "all of the above". There might be several you'd like to pick, but choose the one you'd MOST want to win. This is supposed to be hard.
- Please take a moment to give your reason(s) for choosing your state. If there were several others you'd like to have voted for, you can mention those in your comment as well.
- If there's anything special you're doing to help win your favored state(s), please tell us about it.
Aside from any possible fun value, this poll and the comments might give us some insight into the local and regional attachments of DailyKos's members, or else the places where we are yearning for the most intense kind of schadenfreude.