Abdul O'Shea hit list



The Abdul O'Shea hit list was a collection of eight traditionally solidly Democratic U.S. states in the 2052 United States presidential election that Abdul O'Shea's presidential campaign targeted as potential flips due to their environmentalist and climate change orientated message. The Republicans ultimately flipped three of them, and came within a 5% margin of winning the other five.

The list was leaked to the public on September 8, 2052 by an anonymous staffer, and was nicknamed the "hit list" by Orlando Sentinel journalist Mitzi Daniels three days later. Other states were included in some internal campaign documents, including Colorado (which O'Shea flipped,) Virginia (which he did not flip,) and Illinois (which he also didn't flip.)

O'Shea's strategy was immediately criticized by most political analysts, who believed it would end in disappointment for their campaign. However, O'Shea made substantial in-roads in the eight "hit list" states, even compared to the massive Republican shifts occurring across the country, and transformed them into swing states for the next several decades.