Titanium Blue state that would probably become a swing state 50 years later...

[Alben Barkley]

This may sound crazy but I think by 2070 most all states will have circulated through the “swing  state” cycle whether or not they are blue or red. With the exception of like DC or KY lol.
But in 2070 specifically maybe ILL, HI, NY? Maybe CA idk, it’ll probably be a traditional lean/ tilt D state.

KY is far more likely to become a swing state again at some point than DC ever is to come close to voting Republican, short of a massive realignment.

A state like WY or something would be a more appropriate parallel to DC, as it doesn’t have much history at all of voting for Democrats on almost any level.

But really, there is no state, blue or red, comparable to DC in partisanship.

[Alben Barkley]

Definitely a state like Vermont or Rhode Island, 2016 showed potential first signs but it'll take a long while for these states to become competitive, for sure the rurals will go red first...

Literally only because of Bernie write-ins. Swung back hard to the most Democratic state in the country this year. There was no “sign” of Vermont moving right in 2016.

Not saying it’s impossible a state as rural and white as Vermont (though also pretty educated and unusual in many ways) will eventually vote R again. But 2016 is not a sign of it.