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Romney’s chances of taking the election dwindling

November 6, 2012 | 10:03 pm
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Mitt Romney’s potential paths to the White House have narrowed substantially.

Fox News has projected that President Obama has taken Wisconsin, Michigan, Pennsylvania and New Hampshire.

That means, Romney has to pull off a clean sweep of North Carolina, Florida, Virginia, Ohio and Colorado (or Iowa) to win.

By contrast, Obama has multiple paths to reelection if he can win any one of those states, or both Colorado and Iowa.

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