The two coasts really do have more electoral importance than middle America

[eric82oslo]

The east coast doesn't end at Florida, either. -_-

I Guess this is the real Coastal America, even more impressive than the initial map : http://www.270towin.com/2016_election_predictions.php?mapid=bErt

[eric82oslo]

This might be the map we will be looking at in 2 or 3 cycles from now: http://www.270towin.com/2016_election_predictions.php?mapid=bErD

Dems 415 - Reps 123, impressive isn't it? Though Hillary could possible win even bigger than this, if she takes most of Appalachia, plus Texas and Arizona.

[eric82oslo]

This might be the map we will be looking at in 2 or 3 cycles from now: http://www.270towin.com/2016_election_predictions.php?mapid=bErt

Dems 415 - Reps 123, impressive isn't it? Though Hillary could possible win even bigger than this, if she takes most of Appalachia, plus Texas and Arizona.

Highly doubt that. What the hell happened in Vermont?

Sorry, I misquoted the link!

Here is the actual link: http://www.270towin.com/2016_election_predictions.php?mapid=bErD

[eric82oslo]

It's embarrassing to Democrats win they win big nationally for President, but loose the heartland.

So you think rural people are worth more than other people?

[eric82oslo]

This might be the map we will be looking at in 2 or 3 cycles from now: http://www.270towin.com/2016_election_predictions.php?mapid=bErD

Dems 415 - Reps 123, impressive isn't it? Though Hillary could possible win even bigger than this, if she takes most of Appalachia, plus Texas and Arizona.

Very, very unlikely barring a landslide.

The GOP won Texas by double digits in a landslide loss. As Spamage said, it would take a landslide to win, not the projected growth in Hispanics for Hillary to win Texas.

I'm thinking Hillary landslide + her strong approval among Southern religious/evangelical whites + her crazy latin followership (which is at the very least three times as strong as the current latino crush on Obama) + Hillary choosing a latino running mate for her ticket which accidentially also happens to be from Texas (and coincidentially nicknamed the "2004 Obama figure in 2012" + sudden demographic changes + Battleground Texas + Democrats actually going to invest in the state of the art ground game in Texas for the first time in 25 years or more come 2016...all of these factors taken in concert might very well indicate that Hillary might squeeze out a 1% local victory in the end.

[eric82oslo]

Except for Florida and maybe 1 or 2 others, most of the highly populated states aren't even competitive.

Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Virginia, Michigan are all highly populated. And then we're still just talking 2012 competitive.