The next Missouri/inverse of VA/CO?

[super6646]

Maine could remain competitive (Clinton still won, despite most of the state counties turning red), but the democrats should be very scared in the other 3. Wisconsin has conservatives (this is seen with Bush narrowly losing twice), and despite the fact it remained democratic for so long, most of that had to do with a few very narrow wins. The swings in Ohio and Iowa seem almost earth shattering (both by more than 10 points), especially considering Iowa was a democratic leaning state for a long time after the 1984 election (Obama won by 10 points in 08). Ohio is almost like deja-vu in regards to a Missouri like swing. Was a bellwhether for a long time, but eventually the democrats lost touch with the voters, and lost the state for good. The democrats are losing white working class voters in droves; so barring a swing towards the democrats once again, all of these states could be in the GOP collum in the near future.

[libertpaulian]

Nobody suggests Minnesota?

The Twin Cities Metro is strongly Democratic (and I believe was the most Democratic it's ever been last year).  The rural areas voted in an unusually Republican manner but are typically progressive in nature.  If someone in the mold of Franken or Biden got nominated, they'd win Minnesota by at least 3% by recovering the populist rural areas back while the GOP regained the Twin Cities suburbs.