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« on: September 24, 2016, 09:53:55 PM »

Colorado wasn't a rock solid GOP state in the early 2000s; it was a Lean GOP state that Democrats had largely ignored at the Presidential level. The fact that it trended sharply Democratic in 2004 (Bush's margin shrunk by nearly 4%, despite his nearly 3% improvement nationwide), and the fact that Ken Salazar was elected that year shows that Colorado's Democratic trend is what caused Obama to target the state, not the other way around. What made Colorado trend especially sharply Democratic in 2008 was Obama's popularity there, his superior ground game, and his improvements among Latinos and young voters.
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