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The data's pretty mixed on that. For outflow states: Texas (#1): Solid R Arizona (#2): R Nevada (#3): Lean D Oregon, Washington (#4, #5): Solid D Colorado
by pcwalton 9y ago
The data's pretty mixed on that. For outflow states:
Texas (#1): Solid R
Arizona (#2): R
Nevada (#3): Lean D
Oregon, Washington (#4, #5): Solid D
Colorado (#6): D
Utah, Idaho, Oklahoma (#7, #8, #9): Solid R
Georgia (#10): R
That's 6 R, 4 D.
- ProAm 9y agoColorado is a very conservative democratic state.
- vannevar 9y agoIt might be more accurate to say that Colorado is a very libertarian democratic state.
- ProAm 9y agoFor most of it's history it has voted Republican, with only the last decade or so being Democrat [1]. But the state still holds a lot of very conservative views. It's very down the middle. [1] https://www.270towin.com/states/Colorado https://www.270towin.com/states/Colorado
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- DoubleCribble 9y agoOregon is interesting in that it's D because of Portland. The state is mostly conservative small cities or rural and yet the population of the Portland metro area leans so far left and has such a large population relative to the other parts of the state that it changes the entire state. Remove Portland voters from the polls and Oregon would be R.[0] [0]http://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/212726-70134-how-liberal-is-portland http://pamplinmedia.com/pt/9-news/212726-70134-how-liberal-i...
- pcwalton 9y agoYou could say the same thing about lots of blue states.
- DoubleCribble 9y agoAny examples? I don't know of any other state that has 1 city with such an impact on the entire state as to turn it blue.
- cobookman 9y agoGeorgia is Republican. But Atlanta is not.