All of those states were won by Mr Obama in 2008, and all of them are these days considered to be swing states in presidential elections, so the results there will doubtless be watched with particular fascination in the White House.It is not unremitting gloom for the Democrats, however.
Collins is one of a handful of moderate senators considered to be swing votes on Kavanaugh, who needs the approval of all but one Republican in the Senate to be confirmed.
Two others who were considered to be likely swing voters, Sens. Bob Casey (D-Pa). and Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D ., voteD-N.D .st the bill, joining 43 other Democrats and Republican Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois to defeat the measure.
This is important since Justice Kennedy is considered to be a "swing" vote, whose views usually determine the outcome when a case is decided 5 to 4. On balance, with four liberal justices appearing to be firmly in support of the law, the government needs to win over one of the five conservatives.
"It must have been because the health care coverage was not that important," said Justice Anthony Kennedy, who was generally considered to be the swing vote.
While generally considered to be a swing district, John McCain easily carried Arizona's 8th in 2008 with 52percentt of the vote, and Republicans held the seat until Giffords was elected in 2006.
I would quit!" he said, rather than alter what he considered to be the best swing he had ever seen.
More than once, he visited heavily Hispanic areas that are considered to be rich with swing voters, occasionally comforting storm victims in fluent Spanish.
The swing phase was considered to begin at the onset of forward movement and to end when the foot strikes the treadmill belt.
Furthermore, the possibility of gravitational assisted maneuvers (swing-by) was considered to reduce fuel consumption.
