How large is Florida? Well...

[cthulu2016]

Florida is so large that if Obama won Florida we could afford to lose Iowa, Nevada, Colorado, Virgina, Ohio and Wisconsin.

It's a very large state... roughly the same population as New York. (29 EV)


How large is Virginia? Well, Virginia and New Hamshire as a combo are as good as Ohio in all the practical sceanarios. (Ohio is 18 EV to 13 and 4 for VA and NH, but that extra EV for Ohio doesn't come into play much when you play with the map.)

I agree that Ohio is the most important state for us of the big three, but it's fun to play around with the map.

http://www.270towin.com/

[Tx4obama]

1. It all has to do with electoral votes. Florida = 29 electoral votes

270 are need to win

Here's a simplified map that shows the number for each state: http://www.electoral-vote.com/

[cthulu2016]

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