I've arguing this for ages now, MO is NOT five miles to the right of Kentucky that people around here seemed to have been arguing.
Romney did so well, thanks to suburban whites turning away from Obama. I see no reason why MO cannot be an extremely tight race considering those voters are turned off by Trump.
Yea, a lot of posters see Missouri like another Utah or Idaho (ok, exaggerating a slight bit). It is not.
Hillary is virtually tied with Trump, despite no efforts on the Democratic side to win the state. She can win the state with all this political turmoil.
Long term, I certainly think Georgia, Arizona, even Texas are better investments for Democrats. But, in 2012.. there were many voters who voted for Romney AND Nixon, McCaskill, and Koster and to a lesser extent Jason Kander and Clint Zweifel. In fact, perceived liberal Claire McCaskill largely outperformed polls. So, the voters who are willing to vote for a Democrat exist, and enough exist to make a majority.
Before someone compares MO Democrats to West Virginia Democrats.. you really can not. This is not comparable to West Virginia. The Obama's administration "attack on coal", makes an entirely different situation in West Virginia then Missouri.
