 population shift favors democrat presidential candidates   recent trends have shown that democratic candidates have become more and more likely to win presidential elections because of the changing demographics of the electoral college to read more on how it has change over the last 40 years go online at  http wwwwashingtonpostcom blogs thefix wp 20140610 democratsstrangeholdontheelectoralcollegein1gif lkala 19  population shift favors democrat presidential candidates  