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Here are the key swing states for the [[Presidential Election 2012]], ranked by likelihood that [[Barack Obama]] will lose them despite winning them in 2008.  These eight swing states will have a total of 122 [[Electoral College]] votes in 2012.  ('''''In 2008 Obama won by a margin of only six of these states'''''.)

Here are the key swing states for the [[Presidential Election 2012]], ranked by likelihood that [[Barack Obama]] will lose them despite winning them in 2008.  These eight swing states will have a total of 122 [[Electoral College]] votes in 2012.  ('''''In 2008 Obama won by a margin of only six of these states'''''.)

News reports list these as the key swing states:  Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada, Iowa and New Hampshire.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/yahoo-news-david-chalian-election-outlook.html</ref>  Assuming that Republicans win Florida, Virginia and New Hampshire -- Romney has a home in New Hampshire and Virginia is now solidly Republican -- the entire election could be decided in only Ohio, Colorado, Nevada and Iowa.  Romney is strong in Nevada, and it is far from clear that Democrats will win their strongholds of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

News reports list these as the key swing states:  Florida, Ohio, North Carolina, Virginia, Colorado, Nevada, Iowa and New Hampshire.<ref>http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/yahoo-news-david-chalian-election-outlook.html</ref>  Assuming that Republicans win Florida, Virginia and New Hampshire -- Romney has a home in New Hampshire and Virginia is now solidly Republican -- '''the entire election could be decided in only Ohio, Colorado, Nevada and Iowa'''.  Romney is strong in Nevada, and it is far from clear that Democrats will win their strongholds of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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