This self-ID stuff is silly. We all know Kentucky is essentially affiliated with the national GOP.
It isn't self ID (although Democrats are a plurality with that as well), a majority of Kentucky voters are registered Democrats. The State House is held by the Democrats as are most local offices outside Northern Kentucky and South Central Kentucky. State offices are currently split, but are usually dominated by Democrats (Democratic candidates were hurt by the whole Patten mess last election). An unknown (at the time) and underfunded Democratic candidate came shockingly close to beating a Republican Senate incumbent last year (no one sane expected it to be that close; even after Bunning's madness came to light). All of the state's Congressional Districts are *potentially* winnable by both parties. Whatever Kentucky is it
clearly can't be considered to be a Republican state.
