Can the Democrats win at least One "Gray" state?

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I vote yes of course:

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The point of the map is to show which states are gray, and for nothing else.
I think that should be obvious.

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Feel free to discuss any of the border states, but for the poll only the gray states. WV? Florida? Missouri? could the Democrat win any of those three?

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In 2008, probably not.

OK, but do you think that they can win any state other than the obvious (all blue states, Iowa, NH or NM)... such as Florida, Ohio, Missouri, or Colorado, which they must to get to 270?

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If the Democrats win the national popular vote by more than 5%, they would probably win Virginia.  Ditto for Arkansas, if they win nationally by at least 7%.  The other "gray" states would be much harder.

So the question is whether they should ignore the South entirely, as some people have said,  or target one or two states such as the two you mention.