A few days ago, I posted a side by side comparison of the campaign offices of President Obama and the super rich guy who won't release his income tax returns. The good news is that Obama has added 39 new campaign offices since my last update! The rich guy has added just 8.
Any state where there was a change is highlighted in bold, with the previous number in parenthesis next to it.
Here is the side by side comparison of campaign offices (swing states only)
Obama Romney
Missouri 2 7
Michigan 23 (20) 22
New Hampshire 22 8 (7)
Minnesota 12 zero
Colorado 55 13
Florida 85 (80) 46
Ohio 96! (79) 36
Pennsylvania 44 (39) 23 (18)
Virginia 42 (40) 29
Nevada 25 12 (10)
North Carolina 53 (49) 23
New Mexico 11 7
Iowa 66 (65) 13
Wisconsin 54 (52) 23
TOTAL: 590 262
Currently, President Obama holds a 2.25 to 1 advantage in campaign offices. It merits repeating that this doesn't necessarily guarantee electoral success, but more campaign offices allow greater one on one voter contact and the campaign offices drive the get-out-the-vote effort on the ground during the election.
Looking at Ohio, we can see that the President holds a 2.67 to 1 advantage in campaign offices. In Colorado, he holds a 4.23 to 1 advantage and in Iowa, it's roughly a 5 to 1 advantage. The Obama team has likely determined that for every campaign office you open in an area where your opponent has none, you net a certain amount of extra votes over your opponent. This is a really smart campaign.
By the way, let's not forget that all these campaign offices require a great deal of financial support. You can support Barack Obama's candidacy, by clicking this link! https://contribute.barackobama.com/...