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Abdul, Ian, and others have mentioned that Karl Rove masterminded the Republicans' harsh, polarizing strategy of getting exactly 51% of the country to vote for them to win presidential elections, congressional elections, and put bills through Congress.

What if Karl Rove (or someone like him) had been a Democratic strategist in 2000 and 2004 for Gore, and the Republicans had not-Rove (say strategists similar to those fielded by the Democrats in OTL). How would the elections have turned out? What states would've been targeted by Democrat-Rove, what strategies would he have used, and how effective would it have been? Conversely, how would the Republicans have done using the election tactics used by the Democrats in 2000 and 2004?
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