Wednesday, November 7, 2012
My "Swing" State Becoming Irrelevant to Election
I live in Florida, one of the crucial "swing" states in the presidential election, along with Ohio, Virginia, and Colorado. As it happened this year, the election was decided by those other states with Florida's final result, which as of this writing has yet to be determined, only representing an interesting historical footnote. But that's how it is with swing states. Either you're the nation's focus in a close race, like Florida in 2000 and Ohio in 2004, or nobody cares about which way you end up going after all the votes are tallied (this year). On the other hand, the question of who ends up winning Florida will probably count in the future as people look back and try to discern voting trends.