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It doesn't really matter does it? Unless the wall gets built, e-verify is used and we change our immigration laws to only allow those who have valuable skills and no family reunification, swing states will be only relevant for the next one or two election cycles. After that the nation will be demographically overwhelmed.
Trump is not going to get the wall built, the Republicans, even when they controlled both houses would not reform immigration law nor enforce the existing law, the DOJ is corrupt...it is over. I love Trump but all his Presidency will amount to,in the long term, is one man's futile attempt to fight for America, and America the voting populace turned it back on, a country who's people deserted her in her moment of need.
America deserved a warrior to fight to the end for her, and she got that in Trump. But in the end, he is one man, standing alone, one man without a party, p one man against it all, a man with the steely nerves of a duelist. What a man, and what fight he has put up...but America is passing, we are just witnessing on last hurrah into the sun before the death throes start.
This is just an opinion, but based on about 30 years of living here:
Colorado is now solidly blue in the areas that "count" (meaning the Front Range, which is high population compared to rural areas), and I doubt if that will change in the next 30 years, at least, and I also think that can partly be attributed to the high number of Spanish speakers, even though the number of those are, reportedly, decreasing.
No doubt people who thought Kendra Horn was going to beat the Republican incumbent in Congress were thought to be delusional, too.
Winning unexpectedly in one district is not the same as winning statewide especially when said district is about 25 points closer than the state as a whole.
I love Trump but all his Presidency will amount to,in the long term, is one man's futile attempt to fight for America, and America the voting populace turned it back on, a country who's people deserted her in her moment of need.
America deserved a warrior to fight to the end for her, and she got that in Trump. But in the end, he is one man, standing alone, one man without a party, p one man against it all, a man with the steely nerves of a duelist. What a man, and what fight he has put up...but America is passing, we are just witnessing on last hurrah into the sun before the death throes start.
Oh, man, you have got to be a deep cover liberal satirist, because even Liberace was not this gay.
Winning unexpectedly in one district is not the same as winning statewide especially when said district is about 25 points closer than the state as a whole.
Still, if you're a Republican it's very unsettling and surely calls for dividing up Oklahoma County up into 2 or 3 congressional districts instead of one.
When California turned blue, it wasn’t until it went Democratic for the third time in a row by voting for Al Gore that I was convinced it was a blue state. When a state goes red or blue for not only the election and re-election of a President, but stays with the same Party in backing a losing candidate, it’s evidence that that state is consistently more partisan in one direction or the other than the country at large.
In 2016, Colorado and Virginia crossed that same three elections in a row marker that California did in 2000, giving their support to the losing effort of Hillary Clinton.
I think that Iowa and Ohio are trending red, but we don’t have the same consistency that we have had in Colorado and Virginia. We need a couple more cycles to confirm it. Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin at this point look like they’ve just switched from blue to purple.
Winner.^^^^
Think of Ohio as light red. Dems should still try for it.
I agree that MI PA and WI are trending red. Im still thinking PA is in the light blue category and the Philly are will carry PA for the Dem this time.
I don't know about Ohio and Iowa, but the blue takeover of Virginia is likely to be short lived if Governor Al Jolsen keeps up his attacks on the 2nd amendment.
Northern Virginia wants this, and since northern Virginia now commands all of the state's growth, this does not pose a threat, most of the new citizens no longer have any weapons.
If this gun issue were so important, we would see Democratic states with strong gun control, voting for Republicans, and it doesn't.
Many states are still "swing states" some just have more swing than others.
The amount of *swing* depends upon the candidates that are running.
Imagine in the past election if either candidate had been really strong they'd have mopped the floor with the other and you'd have seen states *swing* that normally don't.
It doesn't really matter does it? Unless the wall gets built, e-verify is used and we change our immigration laws to only allow those who have valuable skills and no family reunification, swing states will be only relevant for the next one or two election cycles. After that the nation will be demographically overwhelmed.
Trump is not going to get the wall built, the Republicans, even when they controlled both houses would not reform immigration law nor enforce the existing law, the DOJ is corrupt...it is over. I love Trump but all his Presidency will amount to,in the long term, is one man's futile attempt to fight for America, and America the voting populace turned it back on, a country who's people deserted her in her moment of need.
America deserved a warrior to fight to the end for her, and she got that in Trump. But in the end, he is one man, standing alone, one man without a party, p one man against it all, a man with the steely nerves of a duelist. What a man, and what fight he has put up...but America is passing, we are just witnessing on last hurrah into the sun before the death throes start.
Sad, this country deserved better from us.
"steely nerves of a duelist"? "What a man"? Barf!! Give me a break!
But I wonder what you mean by "an America the voting populace turned it back on"? The voting populace IS America.
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