Just wondering: what is everyone's justification for putting Alaska as only Lean R?
I'll echo this ... are the rural/Democratic areas actually growing faster than the more populated/Republican counties? This isn't a Georgia situation...
Part of it is that rural Alaska leaning Democratic is a fairly recent development. Also, some of Alaska's growth has been due to people from the West Coast moving in. To my knowledge, most areas in Alaska are less Republican than they used to be. This trend might not continue, but many of us are assuming that it will.
Ok. I've mainly been focusing on presidential elections and while I see areas, especially the north, are trending quite surprisingly Democratic (for a state many, like I, just associate with the Republican Party), I guess I just kind of thought it will stay Republican until a major realignment since Republican presidential candidates have performed about the same.
