when did missouri cease being a swing state?

[henster]

At this point MO is too far gone like WV for Hillary to win it in 2016 after 8 years of Obama. She will definitely do better than Obama did in 2012 but I doubt she would win the best she could hope for is a narrow loss.

[henster]

Would be interesting to see a Nixon vs. Blunt Senate match up in 2016 and see how that turns out with Clinton at the top of the ticket. I think that would be a race to watch.

[henster]

It really depends on who Clinton is running against if its Christie she may do much better in rural Missouri since I see Christie as being a bad fit for the region. Rural Missourians may be turned off by Christie completely and either not vote at all or vote for Clinton instead who's a better fit there. Against any other Republican and she loses narrowly of course. 

[henster]

At this point MO is too far gone like WV for Hillary to win it in 2016 after 8 years of Obama. She will definitely do better than Obama did in 2012 but I doubt she would win the best she could hope for is a narrow loss.

Missouri is nowhere near as difficult for Hillary to win as WV. Obama got 35% in WV, 44% in MO.

West Virginia has fewer minority voters and thus a much lower floor then in a state like Missouri where there is more to hold them up above 40%.

Fewer? Their basically nonexistent lol.