Oh yeah libertarian States is a good one. Especially people who insist that just because a state has mountains means it is libertarians.
Realigning elections and cyclic election theory are two more crackpot ideas, as is Duverger's Law.
- Bernie Sanders has support from Ron Paul supporters
I think I have seen some figures showing there is some truth to this. After all most voters are very non-ideological and don't entirely make logical decisions from an ideological PoV.
Also I suspect there are a significant number of people who have shifted their ideology from Paulesque libertarianism to left-liberalism/social democracy/moderate socialism in the intervening years.