Well certain states that hardly ever voted Democratic went Democratic for the first time like California, Vermont, Connecticut, New Jersey, Maine, Delaware, New Hampshire and seem to have stuck that way. Which is somewhat realigning, I suppose.
I think many of the trends that manifested itself were slowly getting their start in 1992 with NoVA, Bay Area burbs, Philly burbs, So. FL becoming more and more D.
The Southern eV's were totally won on personal appeal however.
The Phila 'burbs went Republican for House, Senate, and Governor in 1994, and for Governor and Senate in 1998, with the House seat that flipped being close.
On the Presidential level, you have no argument. Usually this is where realignments start.
1994 was well 1994. Margolies-Mezvinsky didn't lose by much and Joe Hoeffel barely lost in 1996. Ridge was also a liberal Republican.
1998 Senate- Bad argument. Specter also won the suburbs in 2004. Again, Liberal Republican.
The GOP still has remnant power to this day. The Montco Commish race was disappointing for us in 2007, but if Castor wasn't on the ticket, I think the Dems would have both seats. A lot of the State House/Senate seats are still GOP, but mind you they are far more liberal than the national average for the most part.
