Could President Trump turn California Republican in 2020

[The_Doctor]

Neither California, Maryland, DC, Hawaii, Oregon, Washington, Massachusetts, New York, or Illinois will be remotely competitive. This will make up the big reason the Democratic nominee reaches. 47-48% of the vote. Any Republican victory will be limited because of how strong the Democrats will run in these states.

The Republicans, like the Democrats of 2009-2017, ignore this and pretend everything is fine of course. Amazing how similar the Trump Republicans are to the Obama Democrats.

[Vosem]

No, although in all honesty a non-Trumpy, normal right-wing party would be able to keep California competitive, imo. Bush came within single-digits there in 2004, for instance, and even Carly Fiorina stayed basically competitive in the 2010 Senate race there.

The Republican Party of 2004 is very different from the Republican Party of 2016.

That is the point I am trying to make. The 2004 Republican Party could've competed there in a landslide victory, though in a 50/50 race (or even a normal victory) they would've still been disfavored. The 2016 Republican Party has no shot there at all, and indeed would struggle to eclipse 1/3 of the vote.