Reply #53: No Nederland [View All]

[jeter]

I was saying that it WAS a swing state or even a GOP stronghold. Now it is Democratic.

That's why Bush can win 94% of his base and every southern state and still win only 271 electoral votes. Because states like California, which use to go Republican, no longer do.

The same trend happening in CA is happening all across the US, especially in the midwest and southwest.

Also, it is important to remember that many states in the northeast - Maine, Vermont, Conneticut used to be considered "swing states" as well. But have gone solidly Democratic.