Totally off-topic, but I think I'm starting to see a bit of a rightward trend in the Northeast. Not substantial on a national level, but NJ and RI, and to a lesser degree some other regional states, seem to be picking up R votes a little more than in the past.
Not a big shift -- they're still deep blue -- but interesting to see nonetheless. Similar to the leftward shift in the mountain west and upper plains (MT, WY, ND, SD).
Caveat: VT, obviously, is not shifting to the right.
Well, most of them have trended so far left that it's hard for them to move any further. Vermont, on the other hand, is getting a lot of the far leftists from New York. I expect it to continue left for a while.
I'm curious as to the "why". I wonder if a globalization-related realignment could be brewing, with a coastal vs. central/southern split. Can you imagine TX being a battleground state?
