Is CO a Democratic state?

[RINO Tom]

No.

[RINO Tom]

What are we defining as a Democratic state?

[RINO Tom]

What are we defining as a Democratic state?

I assume a mostly Democratic state government and Democratic at the federal level as well (obviously not 100% Democratic all the time for all federal races, though).

If that's the foundation of 'Democratic state', then Colorado has some strong pro-Democratic trends but it's not quite there yet.

I don't think we need to take anything into account besides presidential elections, honestly.

Then I'd say it's not.  It'll usually go with the winner.

[RINO Tom]

What are we defining as a Democratic state?

I assume a mostly Democratic state government and Democratic at the federal level as well (obviously not 100% Democratic all the time for all federal races, though).

If that's the foundation of 'Democratic state', then Colorado has some strong pro-Democratic trends but it's not quite there yet.

I don't think we need to take anything into account besides presidential elections, honestly.

Then I'd say it's not.  It'll usually go with the winner.

New Mexico has consistently gone with the popular vote winner in all but one election, but I think everyone agrees that it's currently a Democratic state.

Do you think NM is going to vote with the next winning Republican?  I don't.  I don't see a scenario the GOP wins without CO, honestly.

[RINO Tom]

No, it's leaning Dem. But winnable for the GOP under favorable circumstances. Just like NC for Dems.

Explain how a GOP president can win Colorado if its one of the top states with the most educational people that hold Bachelors degrees. Will the GOP have to radically change it's principles to an intellectual party to get their votes? That means, they'll have to change their positions and stop attracting social conservative religious people.

It is truly amusing how Democrats view themselves.  The GOP regularly wins White college graduates by a very comfortable margin.  Their problem is with minorities of all affluence levels (though they do slightly better among wealthy minorities, according to 2008 exit polls), not among the college educated.  There are plenty of college educated Whites who vote Republican, in fact more than vote Democrat.

This idea that an anti-Wall Street party that regularly loses the wealthy vote and regularly wins lower income voters is "elite" in any way, shape or form just because they win PhDs whose salary and life's work relies heavily on increased government spending is maddening, especially when so many Atlas posters are gladly buying into it.