Elections that changed a state's political trajectory?

[EastwoodS]

Florida's 2018 elections. Aside from the early warning sign that it narrowly stayed red despite a blue wave year, (even against a three term incumbent in the Senate race) the impact of DeSantis' governorship has led to a massive influx of conservative retirees to the state, pushing it even further into the red column.

Gosh, I'd say you could foresee Florida's general state trajectory going back to the late 1990s and early 2000's. Even in 2008 and 2012, the margins were anemic for Democrats compared to the national picture of those years.

[EastwoodS]

Florida's 2018 elections. Aside from the early warning sign that it narrowly stayed red despite a blue wave year, (even against a three term incumbent in the Senate race) the impact of DeSantis' governorship has led to a massive influx of conservative retirees to the state, pushing it even further into the red column.

Gosh, I'd say you could foresee Florida's general state trajectory going back to the late 1990s and early 2000's. Even in 2008 and 2012, the margins were anemic for Democrats compared to the national picture of those years.

In 1988, Florida was HWs best state and Florida even stayed R in 1992. 1996 and 2000 now seem like an aberration.

I’m talking about state elections, such as 1998 gubernatorial and the state house and senate shifting right too. I kinda get a feeling that many Democrats saw Florida differently after 1996 and assumed that the left wing trends out of south eastern Florida would have turned it into another Dem leaning state between 1994-2002.

[EastwoodS]

2012 is underdiscussed as, arguably, the most consequential election of the 21s century in America. It  changed a lot of states' voting history. The American political map would look a lot different if Mitt Romney had become president. Romney losing was the "final straw" for many Republican voters that led to Trump...

Republicans have a very hard time being patient and waiting for their parties turn to take over the White House; had they just waited for 2016 and gone with a Kasich or Rubio, the map probably would have looked quite red. Instead, Republican's (2009-now) are impatient and impulsive, overreact and become more reactionary to each election loss they witness.