There are several sites you can go to that keep maps of how states are leaning either to Obama or Romney, based on the latest polls for those states. These charts keep track of solid, leaning and toss up states. Here is one such link:
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2012/president/2012_elections_electoral_college_map.html
This one is done by Realclearpolitics. I don’t really know if they lean right or left but the map seems to match most of the others on the other sites. I do see adds for Obama on the right bar, and Huffington Post at the bottom, so if it leans it must be to the left. If you want another map, just Google “political map 2012 Presidential election.” If you click on a state, it will show you the trend in the state polling. You can also see the overall trend or margin for all states on a blue line. You can even make your own guesses on states and make your own map to guess the outcome.
It adds a bit of fun and knowledge into the campaign to be able to intelligently speak to your friends about why Ohio is a linch-pin state and how Wisconsin polling may be affected by the Ryan selection, etc.
Have fun and enjoy, and remember, try to listen to each other, not just blast out your opinion. Let’s disagree agreeably.
By the way, one thing that bothers me and I don’t know if the rest of you remember this, but Blue was the Republican color when I was growing up and every Republican including George W. Bush had Blue campaign signs. Democrats had RED signs. But then someone on TV, decided to reverse the colors, so now red states are Republican and blue states are Democrat and it still annoys me. It would be like saying from now on boy babies wear pink and girl babies blue. Maybe it’s just me, but stop changing the colors.
Michael Bradley - Time Traveler 