Reply #17: Unfortunatley GOP leaning states generally are gaining, Dem leaning states generally are losing [View All]

[ShadowLiberal]

The only good thing about this is that some of those states (like PA, and I say this as a guy who lives there) seem to be becoming more and more reliably democratic lately.

Because of our states losing people though we have to turn some states into reliable democratic ones.

Someone here posted that some western states are picking up a few EV's, they're definitely a place to grab some EV's. If we can unite Hispanics in the democratic party as strongly as African Americans are (and get Hispanics to vote a bit more often, they're the least likely race to vote unfortunately) then I think we could make some of those western states like Colorado and New Mexico much more solidly democratic.

Virginia I'm also feeling optimistic about staying competitive for years to come. The evidence is in our recent victories there. Before 2001 it was VERY rare for a democrat to win a statewide election there. Then Mark Warner's win in the governor election started a string of increasingly common democratic wins there. In 2005 another democrat became governor, in 2006 we won a senate seat, in just a week we're virtually certain to gain the other senate seat there. On top of all that the state GOP party just hasn't adapted to the reality that Virginia has become a much more moderate swing state, I mean they basically committed suicide in the senate race by having a caucus to ensure their losing hardcore conservative won the nomination.

On the downside for us however, if we lose Florida this election then I think we're going to have to admit that it's becoming more and more out of reach for us to win, and unfortunately Florida is growing in size.