Makeover: for the first time - Romney leads over Obama in electors
206 electoral votes compared with 201 only to Obama, 131 still waiting in till • Gallup survey: Romney leads by 7%, Obama leads among women by 4% but was defeated by 10% in men
- Eli Cohen, Behadrey Haredim
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Romney in Israel. Photo: Flash 90
The tension-filled presidential elections in the U.S. are underway for the last gear - two high-profile clashes between the candidates – serving President Barack Obama and his Republican rival Mitt Romney - already took place, and it seems that their influence on the election outcome – is more significant than ever.
U.S. elections are held in such a way, by which the winner takes it all, ie, each state receives a representation in the Council which elects the President in light of the results of voting in that state. The representation is two electoral votes per each state and more electors according to the size of the state, except Nebraska and Maine states; in all the rest, the winner in that state takes for himself all the electors of that State, even if the lead over his opponent was by a single percentage.
As known, until a few weeks ago, Obama led safely in polls, the gap was between 5 and 10 percent. In addition, the most important figure of the amount of electors were in his 'pocket' Obama led significantly and was close to secure the required majority - 270 out of 538 possible.
But the first conflict in which Obama was defeated unequivocally, and other conflict – in which he was defined as the winner, but the results were far from satisfactory, was also in evidence in the polls.
According to recent polls Romney leads with 206 electoral votes which he will probably gain compared to only 201 which 'belong' to Obama, 131 additional electors still belong to swaying states.
The last state which joined the camp of the Republican candidate is North Carolina, which is worth 15 electoral votes, and in which Romney now leads a safe margin of 5.6%.
More good news for the Republican candidate comes from a new survey conducted by 'Gallup', in which for the first time he leads over Obama by a wide margin of 7%. 52% declared that they would vote for him, compared to only 45% who decided to vote for Obama.
An intriguing statistic reveals that while Romney leads among men by a 10% gap, Obama leads among women by a margin of 4%.
U.S. elections are held in such a way, by which the winner takes it all, ie, each state receives a representation in the Council which elects the President in light of the results of voting in that state. The representation is two electoral votes per each state and more electors according to the size of the state, except Nebraska and Maine states; in all the rest, the winner in that state takes for himself all the electors of that State, even if the lead over his opponent was by a single percentage.
As known, until a few weeks ago, Obama led safely in polls, the gap was between 5 and 10 percent. In addition, the most important figure of the amount of electors were in his 'pocket' Obama led significantly and was close to secure the required majority - 270 out of 538 possible.
But the first conflict in which Obama was defeated unequivocally, and other conflict – in which he was defined as the winner, but the results were far from satisfactory, was also in evidence in the polls.
According to recent polls Romney leads with 206 electoral votes which he will probably gain compared to only 201 which 'belong' to Obama, 131 additional electors still belong to swaying states.
The last state which joined the camp of the Republican candidate is North Carolina, which is worth 15 electoral votes, and in which Romney now leads a safe margin of 5.6%.
More good news for the Republican candidate comes from a new survey conducted by 'Gallup', in which for the first time he leads over Obama by a wide margin of 7%. 52% declared that they would vote for him, compared to only 45% who decided to vote for Obama.
An intriguing statistic reveals that while Romney leads among men by a 10% gap, Obama leads among women by a margin of 4%.
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