The only states that could be affected in terms of the electoral college would be Pennsylvania and Virginia.
If the Philly area were hit hard while the rest of the state was not...
In VA it would depend which area was affected, the DC area or some area in southern VA. So it could go either way.
The storm is well ahead of election day, so I think we are talking only about long term power outages in terms of affecting turnout.
Obama could declare a national emergency if the East Coast from VA to Maine is really impacted and call for rescheduling the election
This situation has the potential for being a real crisis
This is pretty darn accurate, history wise. This past summer I was tracking a Storm in the Atlantic that was moving into the Gulf as a Hurricane and our youngest daughter was on vacation in the Dominican Republic (1) at Puna Canta. And this service kept showing the storm would miss it, while the MSM was predicting disaster. Natch, the MSM was wrong.
So if Barry tries anything like declaring a 'National State of Emergency' and delaying the election, even for a week, the sh*t WILL hit the fan. Even sane democrats (the few remaining anyway) will see right through that as a desperate Power Grab by a wannabe Dictator For Life. And the hundreds of the current threats to riot by 'Holder's People' if Romney wins, will be nothing in comparison what WILL HAPPEN if Barry or his 'surrogates' try something.
(1) she wanted to see a rain forest (I told her; 'It's a Freaking JUNGLE, not a forest'), but she didn't want to go into the Amazon :-).
But, wait a minute now...a snowstorm this early in the year in the northeast is impossible due to all that global warming...er...climate change!
Other than Virginia, the states in the bullseye are all blue states.
I may be incorrect about this but I think the constitution specifies the first Tuesday after the first Monday as the day. To try and change that is a direct violation.
I’m hoping Romney will win so big that Virginia won’t effect the count.