Blue State Math Gives Edge to Obama

Gerald Seib: “Amid those dark political clouds overhead right now, President Barack Obama can console himself with this silver lining: The electoral map remains stacked in favor of him and his Democrats.”

“Specifically, there are 18 states plus the District of Columbia that have voted Democratic in all five presidential elections since 1992. Combined, they carry 242 electoral votes — 90% of the votes needed for victory. Republicans have a much smaller bloc of highly reliable electoral college votes. There are just 13 states that have gone red in each of the last five elections, and they deliver 102 electoral votes, less than half of the number needed.”

Even with redistricting, it’s the right that really needs to be concerned. They’ve spent 30 years gerrymandering and illegally apportioning districts (see Texas) and they STILL can’t manage an electoral map better than 102.

(Source: politicalwire.com)