This makes me think - what the heck was Romney's path to 270?
I remember thinking the election was going to be close, but looking back at it, Romney had a 0.1% shot to win. I could see him getting to 266 (VA, OH, FL) but nothing passed that.
I remember him visiting Pennsylvania but that was like a day before the election. He tried Colorado and New Hampshire for a bit, did he even make a case in Nevada?
In 2016 Trump worked hard and focused on states early. Started hitting PA, MI, NH, NV, and FL right away.
Yeah Romney's path was super inefficient. In the polls in 2012, it was possible that Romney could have won the popular vote, but it was never really in question that Obama would win the electoral vote and thus the presidency.
Obama was too strong in the usually swingy Rust Belt.
