I have found that reality is always more interesting (and ultimately more satisfying) than fantasy. Maybe it’s just my natural predilection for the natural sciences. Saying that the polls, all of them, are wrong, that the media, all of them, are lying, etc., that’s a fantasy and it will come back to bite you in the end. The pollsters were right, Nate Silver was right, and the next Republican to win the Presidency will have to appeal to voters in Ohio/Florida/Virginia, and those are not deep red states.
“will have to appeal to voters in Ohio/Florida/Virginia, and those are not deep red states.”
We’ve tried that strategy twice, with McCain and Romney. That strategy is finished.
Rather than changing the candidate to suit the electorate why not simply conform the electorate to the candidate?