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« Reply #25 on: October 19, 2021, 10:51:57 PM »

NY Dems since 2019.

Got everyone to forget about Cuomo and will pass 23-3 map.

I was about to say, not ONE NYDP vote?

In counties like Erie we hold a 3-1 voter registration stronghold, with a supermajority in the State. NYGOP openly doesn't invest in NYC/Buffalo/Albany/Syracuse/Rochester races out of recognition it's a miracle to even lose by single digits.

The FBS Alabama of state parties, our plenty faults considered.
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« Reply #26 on: October 19, 2021, 11:58:49 PM »

The concept built into the question from the OP appears to present "Strongest State Parties" from a perspective which is perhaps different from the perspectives of students of American Political Science.

Generally we look at "State Parties" when it comes to strength of the "Party Machine", and not just whom won whatever elections in PRIMs and GEs.

There are many States (Including Oregon) which traditionally have a very weak and decentralized Party Structure on both sides, meaning that people don't just vote for the candidate supported by the "Party Bosses".

This can present both strengths and weaknesses for example if PUBs in OR end up electing some random crazy Q-Anon backer, or DEMs end up electing some random full blown Socialist.

Personally, I am a big fan of the Primaries vs the "smoke filled rooms" of the past, as well as all the stuff from Tammy Hall onwards where the workers don't really have a chance to select their candidates, except by default.

Let's dump all of the bosses off our backs and go with weaker party structures vs candidate recruitment and selections, where at the end of the day we all get screwed by the Politicians that vote to protect Big Pharma, cut taxes for the Uber Rich and we end up with crumbs on the ashes of a dying planet.
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« Reply #27 on: October 23, 2021, 11:46:04 PM »

FL GOP

In a toss up state, they hold trifecta since 1999. Even the most D states likely HI or MD cannot achieve that.
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« Reply #28 on: October 23, 2021, 11:53:13 PM »
« Edited: October 24, 2021, 09:18:30 PM by Chap Petersen Democrat »

Republicans: Florida because duh
Democrats: Minnesota because duh
Minnesota Dems have had a trifecta for like 2/20 years.
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« Reply #29 on: October 24, 2021, 09:15:42 PM »

I nominate VA for the worst state party (Dems) for ceding control of redistricting to the GOP.
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« Reply #30 on: October 24, 2021, 10:18:25 PM »

Democrats: Colorado, Georgia, Wisconsin.
Republicans: Florida, Ohio.

And even though they've gotten shut out of almost everything else, I do think the Massachusetts GOP deserves some credit for having won 6 out of the last 8 gubernatorial elections.

If anything, I think Massachusetts' tendency to elect Republican governors is a telling indicator of the MAGOP's flaws as a state party. Their Republican governors' electoral successes are predicated on cultivating an ostensibly moderate brand that is personally appealing to the sensibilities of more liberal voters (who understand that they are useless against the heavily Democratic General Court). Aside from the governor's office, the MA GOP has a thoroughly unimpressive record: perpetual legislative superminority status for decades, no row offices, underperforming in competitive districts in special elections (including a losing a Trump 2016 district last cycle). Granted, a lot of this is because Massachusetts is one of the most overwhelmingly Democratic states in the nation with geography that also doesn't favor Republicans, but it says a lot about the state GOP when they can't make major inroads even in ideal circumstances.
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