Which state is the heart and soul of the Democratic/Republican Party?

[NOVA Green]

Interesting question, which has become much more confused since the '16 GE results....

Republican: Indiana--- Heavily White, Large WWC population working in mfg occupations, SE Indiana with a strong does of Appalachia/Southern influence (As well as in the medium sized factory cities of the state), throw in a decent Evangelical/Catholic Republican population, and add in a mix of relatively isolationist/Non-Interventionist sentiments from the Heartlands of the MidWest.... Add a shaking to the top of the cake, and you see a decent amount of economic conservatives/social liberals in the suburbs surrounding Indie....

Democrat: This one's a bit tougher, since the Social Liberalism of the Dem Party (Excepting Guns & Abortion) is overwhelmingly mainstreaming, Anti-War sentiment is dominant since George W's failed wars overseas, economic issues are increasingly divided between the "haves and have not's" of the Modern Democratic Coalition....

Additionally, we have an increasingly multi-ethnic Democratic Party, that is more representative of the "Rainbow Coalition" that Jesse Jackson first promoted way back in '88....

If I had to hazard a guess, Michigan would likely be the top contender....

Generally Democrats are socially Liberal, Anti-War, and supportive of a relatively protectionist "Fair Trade" policy....

Although, there is not a particularly large Latino or Asian-American population, there are a large numbers of Black Voters, that like most of the Democratic Party have shifted to the Left on Social Issues, fought in wars overseas from WWII to Iraq/Afganistan, and are generally opposed to "Free Trade" as a concept, unless it is perceived as beneficial to American Workers.....

Maybe out on a limb here, but i still don't see the center of gravity of the Democratic Party moving to either the West, nor the NorthEast....