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townhall.com — So far in the Democratic nominating process, the voting data shows that the president was averaging 84.6 percent of the vote in those states where voters were presented with an alternative to Obama (either for another candidate, a write-in line, or simply voting "uncommitted").

"In the five states where there was a named opponent, though, Obama's share of the vote was 72.7 percent," the Post said.

With all of the battleground state polls showing that the race between Obama and former governor Mitt Romney is tighter than a drum, the president cannot afford to lose 20 to 30 percent of his party's base.

But that's what may be shaping up now in key states as the economy continues to slow down, the stock market is in decline and high unemployment rates remain frozen.

For example, in North Carolina, which is a tossup right now, over 20 percent of the Democrats checked off the primary ballot line for "uncommitted" instead of voting for Obama.

Obama won the state in 2008 with just a razor-thin 0.4 percent of the vote by promising to lift its economy out of a deep recession. But if he were to lose anywhere near 20 percent of his base there in November, it could cost him the election.

And the political environment in North Carolina -- where Democrats will hold their national nominating convention this summer

-- is looking bleaker than ever.

Its 9.4 percent unemployment rate is one of the worst in the country and many Democrats there are going to voice their disapproval by voting against Obama.

Speaking of battleground states, perhaps no state is more pivotal to the outcome of this year's elections than Florida. And Obama is sinking fast there.

A new Quinnipiac University poll there shows Romney leading Obama by six points among registered voters. Obama was leading by seven points in March and was in a dead heat with his rival last month.

Now, with 8.7 percent unemployment in the state and the housing industry in the basement, Obama's support is shrinking fast. The poll found that Romney was seen as better able to handle the economy by 50 percent to 40 percent.

With a little more than five months to go before Election Day, the country's mood and the economic and political trend lines are turning against the president.

"President Obama is running for re-election with Americans feeling about as dissatisfied with the country and the economy as they were in 1992 when George H. W. Bush lost," the Gallup Poll said in an election analysis last week.

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The results of the 2012 election will be .....
Rewpublicans win control of Washington
30%
Republicans win but it is close
12%
Stalemate, one party wins the White House & Congress is split
17%
Obama wins, Repub licans win Congress
4.9%
Democrats win but it is close
16%
Democrats win control of Washington
20%
This is not a scientific survey, click here to learn more. Results may not total 100% due to rounding and voting descrepencies.
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lightdude
Posted 365 days ago
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OMG!
lastbaldeagle
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Rewpublicans a new party James?
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