{"id":97,"date":"2008-11-04T15:09:09","date_gmt":"2008-11-04T15:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/cityofbrass\/2008\/11\/obama-will-win-nevada.html"},"modified":"2008-11-04T15:09:09","modified_gmt":"2008-11-04T15:09:09","slug":"obama-will-win-nevada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/cityofbrass\/2008\/11\/obama-will-win-nevada.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama will win Nevada"},"content":{"rendered":"

In my projection<\/a>, I gave McCain Nevada by default without really thinking about it. However, looking at the poll trends<\/a>, it looks clear that Nevada is not even going to be close. Nevada has 5 electoral votes so it won’t make much difference either way. Still, that bumps up my worst-case scenario for Obama<\/a> from 305 to 310, and my worst-case scenario for Obama from 326 to 331.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In my projection, I gave McCain Nevada by default without really thinking about it. However, looking at the poll trends, it looks clear that Nevada is not even going to be close. Nevada has 5 electoral votes so it won’t make much difference either way. 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