Obama travels overwhelmingly to Democratic or "swing" states when he leaves the Washington metropolitan area for events. Political leaning is indicated as blue for Democrat, red for Republican, purple for swing. The light shade indicates 2 or fewer visits, medium shade 3-7 visits and the darkest shade 8-14 visits. (Virginia and Maryland are excluded because of their proximity to Washington.) Roll over a state to see the number of Obama visits.
Monday, July 18, 2011
Obama's travels favor 2012 'swing' states
USA Today reports:
