A Proposition of Questionable Legality

president bush won on tuesday by around 4 million votes and 34 electoral votes. now, the democratic party has four years to turn this around, and should probably begin working toward achieving that goal right away. they could do this by trying to work to convince people that the evangelical right shouldnt be telling the rest of us how to live our lives. but, lets face it. this strategy didnt work this year, so what's to make them think they'll do it any better next time around. so, assuming the current plans cant get a democrat into the white house, we need another way to do so. i've got a way. but, grace tsiang taught me well, so let's start with some assumptions. so, let's assume 1) minimal population growth 2) the population's political opinion remains static and 3) states maintain the same number of electoral votes they currently have (this might actually be the case; im not sure how often they reassign them.)

so, given all these assumptions. there is a simple way the democrats can retake the white house. massive relocation. more than two million people voted for kerry in texas. now, i think it's safe to say that there's no way texans are going to turn around a 60/40 republican sentiment. so, instead of spending money on campaigning, the democrats need to convince 2 million texas democrats to move to ohio and florida. now, maybe some of those texans like their ranches. they can keep them. they just have to live for one year in a small apartment in ohio or florida, you know, long enough to establish residency. if they decided to stay, this tactic would have the long term benefit of moving the population out of a red state into swing states, thus shifting the population density and distribution of electoral votes.

now, obviously the democratic party can't go around promoting this plan. so, like moveon.org. some group like moveout.org needs to take up this project. and, moveout.org only needs to achieve around 30 percent success to make a real race in four years...provided hilary isn't on the blue ticket.