Non Swing Voter
Junior Chimp
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« on: August 04, 2013, 07:51:02 PM » |
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Is Florida being counted as a Republican state?
Even if we assume the GOP has net benefited from the shift in electoral votes, Democrats seem to be the real winners here because the population growth in a number of states has flipped them from GOP to Democrat:
Florida, Colorado, Nevada, Virginia, etc...
Whereas a lot of Democratic states that gained population have just stayed in the Democratic column:
California, Washington, Oregon, Maryland, etc...
I actually can't think of any Democratic states that are currently gaining electoral strength that are trending Republican. But I can think of a number of GOP states that are currently gaining electoral strength that are trending Democratic.
It seems like most of the growth is urban and in GOP states, so the big questions are:
1) Will the growth be just enough to tip any other GOP states Democratic, or will it inflate GOP electoral strength because the tipping point is not reached?
2) Will population loss in some Democratic states help them turn Republican?
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