[Phillyred]

Bush won without PA twice. Ohio used to be the Must Win.

[V V Camp Enari 67-68]

Ohio is still the lynch pin!

[fluffy]

Bush won Virginia twice, if we had that there would be no problem.

[Vaden]

PA is the important state now because we’ve lost several states. We have lost Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Virginia.

Winning all our usual red states plus Florida, Ohio, and North Carolina IS NO LONGER ENOUGH TO GET TO 270. We must win another large state somewhere. Pennsylvania is large enough to get us to 270. Losing PA, we must win Michigan or some other sizable electoral state.

Trump tore up the old map when he won Michigan, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania. Hopefully he can do so again and win some others elsewhere too.

[entropy12]

Because demographics in states like AZ were reliable republican when Bush-43 ran. No longer.

[reviled downesdad]

Ohio used to be the key state when VA was red. VA is now solid blue. OH and FL are must wins and PA is now the over the top state.