Will California, Washington or Oregon ever vote Republican?

[Dan the Roman]

What no one mentions is that the Washington GOP, or at least its base, has a strong evangelical component. Going libetarianish is not really going to help. The suburbs are voting Democrat not because they are socially libertarian but because they are socially liberal, and contrary to the views of online libertarians there is a significant difference(ie. the Gay Rights movement long ago ceased being libertarian). On the other hand there a lot of socially Conservative voters that can be lost too.

The real problem for the GOP is that the voters a successful candidate needs to appeal to are so broad that no one person can satisfy all of them. This is the same problem the party has in New Hampshire. Could more than 50% vote for a Republican? Yes. Could a single Republican get over 50%? Unlikely to impossible.