Electoral Strategy for GOP

[Cranberry]

I would say the most successful would for now be Option 3. It could enforce the trend of the Rust Belt states to become more Republican, and I think Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin; to a lesser extent Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa and Minnesota could be the states that the Republicans have the biggest chance of winning in some years. Most Western and Southern Atlantic states are trending towards the Democrats (as of now) so isn't it easier to contend more in the states that are trending more towards the opposite direction? Sure, the Midwest alone might be to little, especially if states like Georgia, Arizona and the Carolinas also start to vote Democratic, but it could become a base which the GOP can more or less rely on; and if they then start to attack fully in those other states mentioned, the White House will be theirs.