Even before the pandemic, I would have believed the Democratic candidate would have a decent chance at winning CO by double digits.
And yes, CO will vote to the left of VA.
Hillary was a terrible candidate for poor Hispanic WC Southern Colorado. Biden should do better there and similar areas like NM, NV, and South Texas.
I dont know about South Texas, but southern CO isn't going to be viable for democrats in the long run regardless of what candidates they run. Biden will do better then Hillary sure and he is a better fit but it's mainly because it's a d wave year.
Southern CO?
Assuming we are basically talking Pueblo County.... 78.6k TV?
Sure we could talk about places like Conejos and Alamosa County (Which are both majority Latino in POP)... Still tiny counties with extremely marginal CO vote share...
Don't subscribe to the CO Latino narrative presented, since really votes are gonna be much heavier in Adams County than some small rural "Old Spanish" Counties...
Similar bag in NM where you got the "Old Spanish" and also the "Mexican American" POP floating around...
Once we start talking NV and TX, Latino voting populations start to shift dramatically... becomes more a TO game and margins between working-class Latinos vs Middle Class Latinos...
Either way, just like in business would happily accept increased TV Raw Vote Total Margins vs % profit margins...
Made many posts previously regarding working class Latino voting patterns in Tejas (and elsewhere) vs middle class Latinos....