If the game only knows the statistics... you'd think florida would factor in as well as Indiana, Ohio, Oregon, etc. There are, what, 18 battleground states this time around? It isn't just Iowa and Missouri. So as far as the game mechanic goes, I think it makes perfect sense without such concerns as Vilsack (whom I feel is an awful choice for VP) or even Gephardt (whom I feel to be the third best choice for VP). By these statistics, of course, I mean historic stats as well as electoral ones. For example: no Republican in the past 50 years has ever won office without Ohio, thereby making Ohio a big battleground. Frankly I just don't know if these sort of statistics are factored in though, just my two cents.
