Dont go to College?

I find it interesting how inaccurately the electoral college portrays the popular vote. I find it misleading. Imagine being a person from another country and looking at a map of how the electoral college voted this year. By counting up the electoral votes somebody could easily think that Obama won by a landslide in the popular vote as well. But in reality he won the popular vote by a much smaller margin. Incidentally, by looking at these maps you could probably make an accurate guess as to where the population centers of the nation are, even if you were unfamiliar with our country.

the electoral vote was so secured in Obama's favor because he was able to pursue extensive campaigns in all states with the massive amounts of funding he was getting through small internet donations. Rather then focusing on battleground states alone, Obama's campaign was everywhere. He was even able to win some very unlikley states. But when you look at his win margin in those states you realize that he only shifted a reletivley small percentage of the vote. Due to a large amount of dissatisfaction with the republican campaign, Obama was able to pick up some extra voters in these states. And those extra voters was enough to turn the state blue (at least according to the electoral college). This 50 State strategy seems to be a new thing for the democratic party. But if they can continue with this in the comming years, it may very well marka change in how campaigns are orginized in the future.