07/17/2008
Rhodes Cook on A NEW ELECTORATE IN THE MAKING?
Speculation abounds these days about whether this fall’s presidential election will produce a dramatically different electoral map than the virtually static one of the last two contests. Will Colorado and Virginia lead an array of longtime Republican states that might be won this time by Democrat Barack Obama? Or might Michigan and Pennsylvania be in the vanguard of Democratic strongholds picked off by Republican John McCain?
Those are among the more intriguing questions as the 2008 general election campaign heats up. But one thing’s for sure: changes in the electoral map require some alterations in the electorate itself. And that seems to be happening.