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When was the last time a state switched colors
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:16 pm
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:16 pm
Not talking of presidential elections but a complete swing from red to blue or vice versa
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Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:19 pm to lsu4life77
Colorado when from red to blue in a pretty dramatic fashion some time between 2004-2008.
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:20 pm to Tuscaloosa
All of those libs flocking to the state from around the US.
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:20 pm to lsu4life77
West Virginia went from one of the strongest democrat states in the country to one of the strongest Republican states in the country around 2000.
Virginia went from solid Republican to semi-solid Democrat after the DC suburbs destroyed the state around 2008.
Virginia went from solid Republican to semi-solid Democrat after the DC suburbs destroyed the state around 2008.
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:20 pm to lsu4life77
Virginia and Colorado were reliably red historically. They were both briefly purple and are now pretty blue, especially Colorado.
Republicans have held serve by turning several big purple states (Ohio and Florida) reliably red.
Republicans have held serve by turning several big purple states (Ohio and Florida) reliably red.
This post was edited on 10/19/24 at 12:21 pm
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:22 pm to Tuscaloosa
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Colorado when from red to blue in a pretty dramatic fashion some time between 2004-2008.
They flipped blue when they were the first state to legalize recreational weed, and people moved there in droves.
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:25 pm to Bamatab
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They flipped blue when they were the first state to legalize recreational weed, and people moved there in droves.
No, Colorado didn’t legalize weed until 2012. 2014 is actually when the law went into place. It had flipped solidly blue by around 2006, despite it being shown as “purple” by the pundits. The last time they elected a Republican governor or voted for a Republican presidential candidate was 2004.
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:26 pm to lsu4life77
Without the steal many did in 2020.
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:26 pm to lsu4life77
Louisiana used to be blue.
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:28 pm to lsu4life77
Florida and Ohio were battleground states, both are reliably red now
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:30 pm to Bamatab
quote:Don't forget Washington and they started selling it before Colorado. People moved here in droves too.
They flipped blue when they were the first state to legalize recreational weed, and people moved there in droves.
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:30 pm to lsu4life77
Vermont, I think about that line from White Christmas:
"Think, what'd be a novelty up here in Vermont?"
"Who knows?"
"Maybe we can dig up a democrat."
"(laughs) They'd stone him!"
Then libs realized it was a beautiful state so went and made it a NIMBY haven.
"Think, what'd be a novelty up here in Vermont?"
"Who knows?"
"Maybe we can dig up a democrat."
"(laughs) They'd stone him!"
Then libs realized it was a beautiful state so went and made it a NIMBY haven.
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:35 pm to lsu4life77
Arkansas - 2014. First time in a hundred years since that happened.
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Republicans had won all statewide offices and all congressional seats in 2014, and won both Senate seats for the first time since Reconstruction. Republicans have consistently captured over 60% of the vote in statewide elections since 2012.
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:45 pm to lsu4life77
New Mexico followed a few years after Colorado... The reasons for both states turning blue were Republicans ignoring climate change and pushing deregulation that would hurt the environment. Protecting the fragile ecosystem is much more heralded in western states. It has a lot to do with why Arizona is purple. Combine that with the Democrats supporting Obamacare and that sealed the change for both NM and CO. Plus, CO and NM are very ethnically diverse so going blue made sense.
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:48 pm to stelly1025
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Louisiana used to be blue.
Most of the south was Democrat after the Civil War. They stayed there until the 1950s. Many La. voters (including my parents) remained registered Dem in the 60s even though they voted GOP. The big change in registration in most southern states didn't start till the 70s. By the 80s most whites in the South were GOP and blacks were Dem.
This post was edited on 10/19/24 at 2:46 pm
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:49 pm to Tuscaloosa
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Colorado when from red to blue in a pretty dramatic fashion some time between 2004-2008.
When I left in 2000 Californians were invading hard.
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:51 pm to Tuscaloosa
Oregon used to be red too.
Posted on 10/19/24 at 12:53 pm to lsu4life77
All of the Southern states were solid blue up until Reagan in 1980. The Democrats turned away from traditional families and Christians, and the South has been Red since.
Posted on 10/19/24 at 2:26 pm to Tuscaloosa
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No, Colorado didn’t legalize weed until 2012. 2014 is actually when the law went into place. It had flipped solidly blue by around 2006, despite it being shown as “purple” by the pundits. The last time they elected a Republican governor or voted for a Republican presidential candidate was 2004.
So the left got ahold of CO and locked it in with hamstringing the stoners with what they need maaann
MO may go down this same pat if they go far far left on ele tion day.
Posted on 10/19/24 at 2:36 pm to lsu4life77
I know it might not count as a flip, but I feel like Florida deserves mention here. It was always considered "swing" in one way or another but Big Dick Ron has galvanized them into an arterial red stronghold in spite of some predominantly dark blue pockets of population.
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