05-16-2015, 10:21 PM
(05-16-2015, 10:08 PM)Hammerthis Wrote: Because of the "Blue Wall", you need not worry.
The blue wall is a block of states no republican candidate can realistically hope to win. The last election date saw that block add New Hampshire to it's numbers and Virgina is shifting to blue. Just about any Democratic candidate can expect to win 257 electoral votes out of the 270 needed to win. If Virgina joins New Hampshire, that number will be 270 out of 270.
For a GOP candidate to win, he must win all 9 toss up states and one solidly blue state. In short, "it ain't go happen." Another landslide victory for the Dems coming up!
The Republican Party can grow deeper support but not broader support... thank goodness.
Don't count on Virginia going blue. It's a pretty purple state. Democratic Governor, Republican General Assembly. NoVA and the 757 are the only true blue areas in the state.
What makes it so much of a wildcard is that there is no party registration and there are open primaries. So if the Dems know going in that the primary won't be much of a battle, they will vote in the GOP primary in an attempt to gum up the works.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
