When will Oregon become competitive? When will Colorado become lean R / solid R?
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« on: February 05, 2015, 02:54:51 PM »
Speculations.
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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2015, 03:34:00 PM »
I don't really see any reason to believe that either of these things will happen. Portland and Denver-Boulder are fast-growing areas that are attracting crowds that could not be described as conservative. In Oregon, there is also an influx into the coastal southern region of nature-seekers, a decidedly liberal group. The same could be said for mountainous areas in Colorado.
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2015, 03:35:23 PM »
Barring another huge shift in the parties themselves, we will all be long dead
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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2015, 08:42:40 PM »
I'm going to look at 2016 to figure that out for Oregon. Colorado has bounced back starting last year, so 2016 will be its test.
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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2015, 09:33:46 PM »
Not any time soon.
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« Reply #5 on: February 05, 2015, 09:48:58 PM »
I'm wondering when these types of threads are going to die off? Will they ever? Are people who have been hanging @ Atlas Forum, for quite some time, unable to connect the dots between state performances, recent and historical, along with their latest trends and direction? Is the electoral map really an enigma?
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« Reply #6 on: February 05, 2015, 10:49:33 PM »
A Dem preisdent presiding over a recession, will turn CO to the GOP and make OR competitive.
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« Reply #7 on: February 05, 2015, 11:59:58 PM »
Colorado will probably always be a toss-up

Oregon leans significantly Democratic but the Republican party is so bad at winning elections there that it looks more Democratic than it is.
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« Reply #8 on: February 06, 2015, 01:11:03 AM »

Oregon was very close in 2000
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« Reply #9 on: February 06, 2015, 01:51:31 AM »
Unless the Republican party starts to embrace some socially moderate or even liberal positions, Oregon is 300% gone. It's not even winnable for them in a wave. Colorado is definitely a swing state, maybe the right Republican candidate could make it lean R, but it's not going to be solid R again for a very long time.
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« Reply #10 on: February 06, 2015, 12:44:51 PM »
It isn't like Oregon is some economically conservative state.
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« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2015, 01:34:45 PM »
« Edited: February 06, 2015, 01:37:20 PM by hopper »
Quote from: Sol on February 06, 2015, 12:44:51 PM
It isn't like Oregon is some economically conservative state.
Well its Moderate on economic issues. I can't see Oregon going GOP because the area that is growing the most is the city of Portland and the R's don't do well in cities. The state is known for its liberal environmental streak too. I think the reason Colorado is still competitive and the GOP can still win there is because the state is Pro-Gun and the state is fiscally conservative.
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« Reply #12 on: February 06, 2015, 01:42:17 PM »
Quote from: xingkerui on February 06, 2015, 01:51:31 AM
Unless the Republican party starts to embrace some socially moderate or even liberal positions, Oregon is 300% gone. It's not even winnable for them in a wave. Colorado is definitely a swing state, maybe the right Republican candidate could make it lean R, but it's not going to be solid R again for a very long time.
Colorado was never Solid R it was more like Lean R in the past like Indiana, Georgia, or Arizona is now.
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« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2015, 01:43:23 PM »
Quote from: bobloblaw on February 05, 2015, 10:49:33 PM
A Dem preisdent presiding over a recession, will turn CO to the GOP and make OR competitive.
Maybe.
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