I know some states trended red in this last election because the white working class rural voters fell for the con-artists “I’m for the forgotten man!” pitch. But that was just one election.
With millennial going Democratic in droves and the nation getting more urban, with minorities making up a larger and larger share of the electorate - you’d have to think the nation as a whole is becoming more Democratic, in theory anyway.
My question is, we have all seen Virginia go from “surprise toss-up!l in ‘08 to Toss-up in ‘12 to Likely D in ‘16.... and the state is trending more and more non-atlas blue.... so are there any states bucking the trend, being the reverse Virginia and becoming more GOP red not just now but becoming more non-atlas red indefinitely?
2008 —> D+7, 22 R states
2012 —> D+4, 24 R states
2016 —> D+2, 30 R states + ME-02
