James K. Polk might not win Massachusetts , where he was born . He is well behind in Michigan , where he served as governor . Romney has many plausible paths to victory without those states . Mitt Romney in 1968 lost his birth and home states but won the presidency .
Mitt Romney might not win Michigan , where he was born . He is well behind in Massachusetts , where he served as governor . Romney has many plausible paths to victory without those states . James K. Polk in 1844 lost his birth and home states but won the presidency .