Before anyone here is going to even think about "relocating" their votes you are going to have to back up your claim that all votes are counted.

Since Bashi and I are wrong by virtue of your declarative statements...( despite what various laws state).

Why don't you go to any one of the 34 states that require you to be registered as a write in candidate and find the statistic of total ballots cast vs ballots cast for a candidate that will then explain your premise that ALL ballots are counted vs just valid ones.

When you have that in hand. Provide the link so we can check it out.

This should be an easy one for you...seeing as how you have already researched this to enable you to say Bashi and I are wrong.

Why are simplistic messages so effective? Preconditioning in the pews has a lot to do with it.

So, you're saying that Democrats can't even come up with simplistic messages? :)

my point is, this process can be pretty easily manipulated with a little investment.

"today's population is more mobile than it's ever been, and it would take relatively few american migrants to flip solidly red states into solidly blue ones."

Actually this is what has been slowly happening already with states like Arizona, Georgia, Virginia and Texas based on their milder climate and cheaper cost of living.

"Why is this messaging stuff so difficult for Democrats?"

A better question would be:

Why are simplistic messages so effective with such a large slice of the American electorate?