[CitizenUSA]

You’re absolutely right. The Democrats could focus entirely on major metropolitan areas, like Chicago and New York, and ignore states like Oklahoma (and even Texas beyond Dallas). This would also make it much easier for them to win elections by voting fraud.

[kabar]

Agreed. The Dems could just concentrate on the urban areas and a few states to get out the vote. Obama won the popular vote by 5 million in 2012 and by 9.5 million in 2008. Gore received 500,000 votes more than Bush in 2000. Bush received 3 million more than Kerry in 2004.

In 2012 Obama beat Romney in CA by 3 million votes and in NY by 2 million votes. So Obama won nationally by 5 million votes and he had a cushion of 5 million from just CA and NY.

In contrast, Romney won Texas by 1.2 million votes.