What does your map look like?

[Zarn]

I like the first map.

I call them "bone maps," since their aren't really fleshed out just yet. I also call them "base maps." Yes, I know I'm weird. It basically says, we have to start this all over again for the next four years, and fill in states as it gets closer.

This is my current bone/base map. Obviously, it is subject to change, before I start filling it in. I made it a simple map of solid, lean, and "Definitely in play"

[Zarn]

1. Deep Red: Urban Yankee America

Giant cities dominate the political lives of these states. This is Metropolitan America, politically, where even the suburbs have taken on urban qualities. These states have huge appetites for high-cost government services.  They all voted for Obama by large double-digit margins. Anyone who expects political conservatism to regain power in this region in any form in the near future labors under extreme delusion. Not one state in this group has voted for any Republican nominee for President since 1988.

You mean like NJ's gubernatorial election?