What would it take for a Republican to win ME & VT, but lose MO, KY, WV& AR

[SouthernSocialist]

ME,  and VT historically voted Republican, and were the only two states to voted R in 1936.

[The Chill Moderate Republican]

Honestly, that is literally impossible in our current political climate. I think this answer would be easier if we compared it to the 1976 election.Back then, political beliefs were tied to a regional level then a state level it is today. Jimmy carter won the states of that you have currently listed MO,KY,WV, and AR. Jimmy carter used regional politics to get more votes in the southern united states. Gerald ford didn't use state regional politics in his election campaign at all. Gerald Ford won the other state, Vermont, by a pretty big margin and Maine by a pretty small margin.

[sruchira]

A time machine.

[The Chill Moderate Republican]

A time machine.

That's right, or you could get your facts from a political internet site

[SouthernSocialist]

If Jeb Bush was the Democratic nominee vs Trump?

[BidenDuckworth2020]

Charlie Baker v Joe Manchin?

[Bidenworth2020]

Phil Scott

[Rjjr77]

ME,  and VT historically voted Republican, and were the only two states to voted R in 1936.

Phil Scott/Olympia Snowe ran against a Steve Beshear/Jim justice ticket

[MATTROSE94]

Charlie Baker/Phil Scott vs. Jim Justice/Jim Webb?

[RINO Tom]

Time.  It took a LONG time for a state like Alabama to no longer hold a grudge against the GOP for being Lincoln's party.  It wouldn't take nearly that long for a state like Arkansas to not see the Democratic Party as the party of Barrack Obama, but it still would take time.

I'm not sure there is a matchup today that flips KY or AR, but WV and MO might be a different story.  VT is a fundamentally different state that likely would be one of the last holdouts in Presidential elections, but ME could actually be flipped.  As for potential matchups, mostly the ones that have been posted above.

[GlobeSoc]

It would require the republican ticket to be two popular senators/governors from Maine and Vermont, and for that ticket to campaign as 'muh enlightened centrism', and for at least one of the two members of the democratic ticket being a southerner, while the top of the ticket campaigns as a populist.

However, such an election would be likely a one off, with either the new england region or the upper rural south switching sides at the next election.

[America's Sweetheart ❤/𝕿𝖍𝖊 𝕭𝖔𝖔𝖙𝖞 𝖂𝖆𝖗𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗]

Maybe Joe Manchin/John Bel Edwards vs. Charlie Baker/Susan Collins?

[Kringla Heimsins]

The R ticket is Charlie Baker and Phil Scott. The four other states are won by a Tea Party insurgent candidacy.

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

Toby Keith (Democrat) vs Kelsey Grammer  (Republican).

[Lord Admirale]

The Democrats become the conservative party while the Republicans become the liberal party.