President Barack Obama walks on stage with first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia to deliver his victory speech on election night at McCormick Place November 6, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama won reelection against Republican candidate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. (Win McNamee/Getty Images) US Presidential candidate Mitt Romney and his wife Ann Romney wave to supporters as they are joined by their family on election night November 7, 2012 in Boston Massachusetts. Romney conceded the race to US President Barack Obama. Ann Romney is at left. (Timothy Clary/Getty Images) Supporters of US Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney react on election night on November 7, 2012 in Boston.

Posts published in September, 2012. And this year’s presidential election is likely to be even worse for Democrats. It began with a series of polls from The New York Times, CBS News and Quinnipiac University, released early Wednesday morning, which gave President Obama leads of between 9 and 11 points in Florida, Ohio.

President Barack Obama swept to re-election, forging history again by transcending a slow economic recovery and the high unemployment which haunted his first term to beat Republican Mitt Romney. (Emmanuel Dunand/Getty Images) U.S. President Barack Obama delivers his victory speech after being reelected for a second term at McCormick Place November 6, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Obama won reelection against Republican candidate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) Actress Blue Ferdinand watches polling results in the MSNBC store in celebration of the 2012 Presidential Election night at Rockefeller Center on November 6, 2012 in New York City. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images) U.S. President Barack Obama walks on stage with first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia to deliver his victory speech on election night at McCormick Place November 6, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois.

Obama won reelection against Republican candidate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) U.S. President Barack Obama walks on stage with first lady Michelle Obama and daughters Sasha and Malia to deliver his victory speech on election night at McCormick Place November 6, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois.

Obama won reelection against Republican candidate, former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Spectators cheer in celebration of the 2012 Presidential election night on November 6, 2012 in Times Square, New York City. (Mike Coppola/Getty Images) Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney delivers his concession speech during his election night rally in Boston, Massachusetts, November 6, 2012. (Rick Wilking/Reuters) Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney arrives to deliver his concession speech during his election night rally in Boston, Massachusetts, November 7, 2012. (Mike Segar/Reuters) Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney arrives to deliver his concession speech during his election night rally in Boston, Massachusetts, November 7, 2012.(Mike Segar/Reuters) Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, speaks at the podium as he concedes the presidency during Mitt Romney’s campaign election night event at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center on November 7, 2012 in Boston, Massachusetts.

After voters went to the polls in the heavily contested presidential race, networks projected incumbent U.S. President Barack Obama has won re-election against Republican candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. (Alex Wong/Getty Images) Romney supporter Merav Bader reacts as a state is called for President Barack Obama at an election night watch party at The Venetian on November 6, 2012 in Las Vegas, Nevada. Voters went to polls in the heavily contested presidential race between incumbent U.S. President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

(David Becker/Getty Images) Gay couple and supporters of Question 6 for same-sex marriage, celebrate with a kiss after the question’s passage at The Sound Stage on election night. Lam/Baltimore Sun) Supporters of Question 6 for same-sex marriage, gathered at The Sound Stage on election night, celebrate as the election is called for President Barack Obama by NBC Network. Lam/Baltimore Sun) Ajay Narayan cheers as the race is called for U.S. President Barack Obama by a television network during the Nevada State Democrats’ election night party at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada November 6, 2012. (Sam Morris/Las Vegas Sun) Michelle Zielinski, center, hugs Jared Goudsmit after President Barack Obama is projected to win during an election watch party at the Chase Park Plaza Hotel in St. Louis, Missouri, on Tuesday, November 6, 2012. (David Eulitt/Kansas City Star/MCT) Democratic supporters react as President Barack Obama is projected to defeat Mitt Romney to win re-election during campaign party in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday, November 6, 2012.