The Eight PUMA States
November 12, 2008 by Will Bower · 27 Comments
There are eight states which John McCain would not have won if the Democrats voting for him had instead voted for Barack Obama.
These states are:
Missouri
Montana
Georgia
South Dakota
Arizona
West Virginia
Kentucky
Louisiana
This represents a total of 64 Electoral votes.
As it stands, the Electoral count is 364/174, Obama.
Had it not been for Democrats voting for McCain, this count would have been 428/110.
The PUMA voting block may not have prevented an Obama presidency, but it *did* prevent Obama from having a Reaganesque win… and thus, with it, his attempt to garner the mantle of being the Democrat’s Ronald Reagan.
And — lest anyone think that these are states which could not have been won by a Democrat anyways — all of these states (with the exception of South Dakota) were won by Bill Clinton in either 1992 or 1996… or both.
Missouri (Clinton 92/96)
Montana (Clinton 92)
Georgia (Clinton 92)
Arizona (Clinton 96)
West Virginia (Clinton 92/96)
Kentucky (Clinton 92/96)
Louisiana (Clinton 92/96)
