The South

[Gustaf]

Unless something spectacular happens, I'd expect Deep South states, such as MS, AL, GA and SC to remain solidly GOP. The others, LA, AR, VA, NC could be battleground states in the future.

[Gustaf]

Unless something spectacular happens, I'd expect Deep South states, such as MS, AL, GA and SC to remain solidly GOP. The others, LA, AR, VA, NC could be battleground states in the future.

You forgot Texas. I think TX, MS, AL, SC will remain solidly Republican.....and the states of LA, AR, VA, NC, TN, and FL (if you wanna consider it part of the south...its more in a category of itself.) can become battleground states someday.

I didn't count these...I think the conservatism of Texas is overestimated, remember it's been the home state of someone on the GOP ticket in 5 out of the last 6 elections.

Btw, you left out GA...

[Gustaf]

so you think they will get more and more republican over the next century?

It's hard to predict century long trends...I think the Deep South will stay the same, basically.