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KhanOfKhans
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« on: October 12, 2021, 07:27:33 PM »

Democrats: Colorado, Georgia, Wisconsin.
Republicans: Florida, Ohio.


And even though they've gotten shut out of almost everything else, I do think the Massachusetts GOP deserves some credit for having won 6 out of the last 8 gubernatorial elections.

Strange list, unless you're only considering the 2020 cycle. Otherwise, these parties have all lost presidential/senatorial/gubernatorial elections in recent years, despite the inherent leans of said states. FL Republicans have certainly been impressive, but I can't say the same for the rest. CO elected Gardner, GA elected Kemp, WI reelected Johnson, and OH reelected Brown. Obviously, some of this is simply an example of swing-states swinging, but why would that be evidence of a particularly strong state party? In my mind, what defines a strong state party is resisting the national trends.

Those parties should get extra credit for working to flip those formerly red states blue. The Georgia Dems especially went from complete irrelevancy to future dominance in a remarkably short period of time. To me, that makes them much more impressive than parties from Safe-D states.
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KhanOfKhans
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« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2021, 07:55:21 PM »

PA Democrats rock.  They continue to be very viable like they were in 2010 with Pat Toomey vs. Joe Sestak... and 2016 with Katie McGinty.  PA is a swing state if there ever was one and I predict that since its more populated than the other two (MI and WI) it will become much more important in the EC (electoral college) than MI or WI will be.  PA dems are badly in the minority in the State House and I can't even remember if they were ever in the Majority in the state Senate in the 21st century (you might have to go back to the 80s or 90s for that), but they do pretty darn well in statewide races, even the court races.  So go PA Dems!

I agree to an extent, but they really dropped the ball in 2020. They should not have lost any statewide races.
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