Question

Reading this post that tries to build electoral maps off current polling (polling now, so "for what it's worth,") I got to wondering how does the very different Obama electoral map affect the issues and emphasis?

For a generation, the presidential elections have been waged on the battlegrounds Florida, Ohio, and Pennsylvania. Does shifting the key states to the west into Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, etc, create a different mix of issues or emphasis than Fla/Pa/Ohio? Does it change the evangelicals' influence, for instance?

Not endorsing that post, just thinking out loud.