The Perfect Winning Strategy for Democrats in America (Really)

[kermix]

I have figured out how to hack politics in this country. All we need to do is figure out how many Democrats need to move from our already-very-solid-blue states into swing states, and make them step up to the plate and do it

Comments

[fayanora]

I wonder if Democrats' tendency to cluster into certain areas is based out of the fear of Right Wing takeover on a massive scale, and are hoping that the Blue states will secede from the union if that happens.

[kermix]

I think we cluster where it's nicer.

But, that's a biased opinion, and really, even in a nice place like I live, it's been getting unbearable in the summer.

[whimsicalfool]

Keep in mind, though, most Democrats are from the working class. Working class folk tend to be around major cities, because that's where the work is. Farming communities, in general, tend to be fundamentalist relgious folk so they vote Republican, and rich people want their cushy tax cuts and lily white laws so they vote Republican. The clustering has a purpose.

[kermix]

So we need to create a few more major cities in other areas of the country for Dems to huddle around?

I would imagine that Dems also have a few small business owners who support the working class, and if they move, then the work moves with them.

[vinz_klortho]

Libertarians had that sort of idea, too.

http://www.freestateproject.org/

[kermix]

Well, it's good to know that I'm not the first person to think somewhat practically about these things.

Very interesting choice, since the New Hampshire primary election is the first in the presidential campaign.

[purenoumena]

wouldn't they just redraw the districts? I thought we have to worry not just about popular votes, but also electoral college?

[kermix]

The House and local governments might shuffle a bit, I suppose; I'm honestly guilty of ignorance to some parts of the system. (And a lot of what I know, I picked up from The West Wing.)

Electoral college was what I was thinking of when I had this thought. California has 55 electoral votes that have a strong tendency to be cast on the Democratic ballot. In the last couple of weeks before an election, candidates pay a lot of attention (and money and face time) to the areas of the country that they believe to be undecided, which California is definitely not.

So what I wanted people to find out was, how many Democratic popular votes can leave California while still maintaining a safe enough majority to guarantee those electoral votes? And where can that number of popular votes definitely turn a swing state solid blue?

If there's more to it than that, then we need another website set up to discuss actual strategy.

[masinkie]

Or we could just shift to a completely popular vote, and it wouldn't MATTER where you live.

[kermix]

Waiting for that to happen does not seem practical to me.