Mitt trails in states with personal ties
5 Nov 2012 6:04 AM IST
It happened in 1844, and now 168 years later, Republican nominee Mitt Romney may need to duplicate a rare feat achieved by James Polk, the 11th US President, if he wants to defeat President Barack Obama in Tuesday's race to the White House.
According to latest polls, Romney, 65, faces the prospect of losing both the state of his birth, Michigan, and the state where he lives and served as governor, Massachusetts to Obama, a Democrat.
Obama, 51, holds a double digit lead in Massachusetts, but the race is closer in Michigan, with the polls tightening, though the president remains in front, CNN reported.
Polk, a Democrat, who was president from 1845 to 1849 is the only major candidate to win the White House despite losing the vote in the state where he was born and the state where he lived, the report said.
In the Presidential poll held in 1844, Polk lost both his birth state of North Carolina and home state of Tennessee, but still managed to defeat Henry Clay.
Under the Electoral College system, each state is worth a certain number of electoral votes based on population. There are a total of 538 electoral votes available, and the successful candidate must win 270 votes.
According to latest polls, Romney, 65, faces the prospect of losing both the state of his birth, Michigan, and the state where he lives and served as governor, Massachusetts to Obama, a Democrat.
Obama, 51, holds a double digit lead in Massachusetts, but the race is closer in Michigan, with the polls tightening, though the president remains in front, CNN reported.
Polk, a Democrat, who was president from 1845 to 1849 is the only major candidate to win the White House despite losing the vote in the state where he was born and the state where he lived, the report said.
In the Presidential poll held in 1844, Polk lost both his birth state of North Carolina and home state of Tennessee, but still managed to defeat Henry Clay.
Under the Electoral College system, each state is worth a certain number of electoral votes based on population. There are a total of 538 electoral votes available, and the successful candidate must win 270 votes.
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