KY, WV, TN, SC, AL, MS, LA, AR, MO, IN, OH, IA, ND, SD, NE, KS, OK, WY, MT, UT, ID
Poor, poor, nashville knoxville chatanooga and memphis, growing black population, ditto, New Orleans and growing black population, poor and growing black population, ditto but with St Louis and Kansas City, Obama won in 2008 and Joe Donelly is senator, high 3rd party share and Obama won in 2012, ditto but with extra urban areas, heitkamp and fairly technocratic, technocratic, ditto but with omaha, ditto but with an imploding state gop, ditto, fair enough, has a democratic governor and senator as well as obama making it close in 08, fair enough, fair enough
Will all these reasons lead to dem wins in these states? Not necessarily, but I'm trying to show that it's silly to believe that the current political situation will last forever and that a landslide election with wins in 'safe r' states is literally impossible.