I think people are too tied to the rigid, Obama era map and think that it's the only explanation of elections going forward. Referencing the first post in this thread, there is NO WAY that Arkansas would vote over 60% for Sarah Palin over Hillary Clinton!! That's hilarious.
Eh, yes and no. Absolutely no way Palin would break 60 in Arkansas. I don't know that people are too tied to the Obama maps, though. I think they have departed from the Obama map in states Hillary could, like Missouri and the coastal south. However, to pretend like Hillary will depart drastically from Obama's maps because she is from the south or because she is white or something is incorrect, IMO. She may do better in the upper south than Obama (because he's like the worst possible candidate for that area) but she is still seen as a northerner, as an environmentalist, and as a liberal. Appalachia won't swing back for any Democrat that isn't going hard for coal.
And the lower south is gone for the Dems, of course, as it has been for a few decades.
