W.Va. in 2008: Red or Blue?

Open Left, which describes itself as "a news, analysis and action website dedicated toward building a progressive governing majority in America," analyzes available polling to draw two hypothetical November 2008 electoral maps:

This one has Sen. Hillary Clinton, D-N.Y., defeating former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a Republican, 335 electoral votes to 203. Note that it has West Virginia backing Giuliani. An explainer for the map does not include West Virginia among the states decided within three percentage points.

This one has Clinton besting former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, 430 electoral votes to 108. This has the Republican losing West Virginia to Clinton. Again, the state is not among those decided by within three percentage points.


The Clinton-Giuliani numbers don't quite jive with the poll commissioned by Republican John Raese that Hoppy Kercheval reported earlier in the summer.