In the heated race for the White House this election year, Obama may have just made a crucial step towards securing his presidency. His campaign, according to dailykos.com removed some of its staffers from North Dakota last week and moved them to Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The thinking behind this strategic move is impressive. North Dakota, which is worth three electoral votes, has been leaning increasingly towards McCain; in fact, at this very moment it appears that McCain has an approximate 11 point lead over Obama in North Dakota. This makes Obama's chances of winning the state seem bleak compared to his odds in the toss up states of Minnesota and Wisconsin.
In Minnesota Obama is nursing a 3 point lead over McCain. While this lead is meager, it is vastly important that Obama win this state. What makes this state so much more important in the eyes of the Obama campaign is that Minnesota has a value of 10 electoral votes as compared to North Dakota's 3.
Wisconsin, like Minnesota, is also worth 10 electoral votes. In Wisconsin, which is beginning to lean more and more towards the Democrats, Obama is fostering an approximate 5 point lead over McCain and the Republicans. A victory in this state would also be a huge boost for the campaign.
All in all, if the Obama campaign's strategy works out, than rather than just hoping to win the 3 electoral votes from North Dakota, it has put its self in a position to win 20 total electoral votes from Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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