| zuvuyeay said: thanks again so new hampshire was the last republican state up there,i guess when texas goes more hispanic then the republicans are pretty much finished i assume texas has a lot of electoral votes colorado,new mexico,virginia and i think iowa can swing about a bit by the looks of things |
I hadn't thought of it like that, but I suppose you could be right. Southern Texas voted overwhelmingly in favor of Obama this year; northern and eastern Texas still lean heavily Republican. I don't think that will change dramatically before the next election. You were right, though -- Texas is the second-largest state by population, so has the second-most electoral votes (after California). Florida and New York are tied for third.
New Mexico seems to have been leaning more Democrat than Republican recently, probably due to the high hispanic population. Colorado and Iowa do seem pretty swingy since the 90s. The funny thing about Virginia is that Obama was the first Democrat to carry it since LBJ in 1968, so while I wouldn't have considered it a swing state 8 years ago, it definitely seems to be one now.
