Colorado the next California?

[freepcrusher]

I look at it this way: The Front Range reminds me of politically of southern California, or at least southern california 25-30 years ago.

Denver and Boulder is sort of like LA. It is the big city and the main event. Both cities are culturally liberal and have a lot of things to do. Denver is similar to LA too in that it has a large hispanic population.

Arapahoe county sort of reminds me of the area between LA and Orange County like Lakewood or Long Beach. Very swing territory.

Douglas County reminds me a lot of Orange County. Basically masterplanistan.

Colorado Springs is like San Diego in the sense that it has a huge military presence and a right wing reputation.

The Rocky Mountains is sort of like the pacific ocean and the plains to the east is kind of like the desert.

Greeley of course is Bakersfield. A country @$$ town in the hinterlands with a lot of mexicans and rednecks.

[freepcrusher]

Mostly agree. Disagree with Colorado Springs being comparable to San Diego though.

Today, I would agree with you disagreeing. San Diego County, despite voting for Whitman and Fiorina, is now competitive territory for both parties. 25-30 years ago, it was just as conservative/republican as Colorado Springs is now.

[freepcrusher]

Finally, the last census showed that the highest growth in Colorado is happening in Weld, El Paso, Douglas, and Mesa counties.  What do each of those counties have in common?  They are the most reliably Republican parts of the state.  Boulder and Denver counties, on the other hand, where Democrats cash in the most votes, have anaemic growth rates.  And Pueblo County, the conservative blue collar Democratic county, is trending Republican.  Democrats continue to win with moderate Democrats doing very well in Larimer, Jefferson, and Arapahoe counties.  But democraphics do not favor the Democrats, and Colorado will likely continue to grow more Republican as the GOP learns to match the liberal money advatnage that has held the state hostage.

#1 fallacy of all time. Just because areas like Douglas county are fast growing doesn't matter if you compare where the people are coming from. It could be that all the people moving to Colorado that are driving the growth are the Mexicans Immigrants moving to Inner City Denver and the pot smoking types moving to Boulder and some of the ski towns. The growth in Douglas County could be from people moving from Denver or Adams county trying to get away from “those people.” Therefore, you have cities like Denver or Boulder stagnating in population and Castle Rock growing in population. It doesn’t necessarily mean anything.