Idaho and Wyoming

[Mr. Smith]

Not happening.

Could've happened if the Dems had invested more back in the 60's and '70's (and done more to coalesce around Frank Church before Teh Jimmeh could pull of a dark horse victory), but they decided to chase The South instead, for better or worse.

It's telling how The Dems haven't really nominated someone of that kind of area since George McGovern despite having like 5 times to do it.

And besides Michael Dukakis, little has been tried to get those areas since.

[Mr. Smith]

Ada County has trended left.  That doesn't necessarily mean that the Boise suburbs are trending left, but Boise proper has grown quite a bit too and is now fairly liberal.

Not that it will make Idaho remotely competitive in the foreseeable future.

This is at the cost of the Northwest Panhandle though, which used to be more moderate.