AZ. NV, NM, and COLO. That's the best the Dems can hope for any time soon (plus the coast).
And lose Wisconsin and probably Minnesota in the process, plus they would basically be conceding Ohio and Iowa to the Republicans.
granted, but aren't these the states that are losing population and electoral votes?
I added Michigan and PA too, as you can see. I see it as a decent long term strategy, but we are talking very long term before those states out-wiegh the ones they would be losing, and the Dean would be gone in 8 years if they kept losing, anyway, thus taking them back to the tried and true. the only thing they would acchomplish is losing credability with voters in the states I mentioned. Let's face it, both parties are in a box right now. Its just that the Democrats box is a bit smaller.
Exactly. All those states together have 29 electoral votes, which is just 2 more than Florida. According to that logic, the state of Florida should have equal weight to the entire Western region.
Nevertheless, going for the West is important for symbolic as much as direct reasons, and arguably offers the Democrats the best chance to exploit that fact that the GOP base has moved from the sunbelt to the bible belt.
