I just tried to rank the states and then divide them, so that the electoral votes have a ratio of 2:1:1:2.
Solid Republican - 175 EV
Lean Republican - 98 EV
Lean Democratic - 86 EV
Solid Democratic - 179 EV
Pennsylvania is the bubble state.
How did you make that nifty non-Atlas map? I'd like to make one. Actually I'd just make the same thing except PA leans D.
I didn't try to use an Atlas map, because I haven't been around here long enough to figure out how anything works.
Somewhere over the years, I acquired a bitmap image of the 48 contiguous states--green boundaries on a black background. I open the file with Paint and use the Fill command for the colors.
