The Lack of Small Town Voters is Part of What Sunk McCain

It seems that one of the mistakes that McCain made is to rely on small town voters while American demographics are skewing toward suburbs and exurbs.

Lang said Republicans relied on an outdated playbook that wasn't effective with growing groups of voters.

``Republicans picked a rural vice presidential candidate who talked about moose hunting. How many Americans go moose hunting?'' Lang asked. ``They won small towns, but the problem is not enough people live in small towns. America's new small towns are called suburbs.''

I think the Hoover Institute and other conservative think tanks need to take a good look at how America is changing to be less rural and more suburban in the next few years. Also minorities may soon become majorities in many parts of the US. They need to draw a brand new map of the US and see how people are living in time for 2012.