it's an ongoing trend, they're the canaries in the coal mine

I think that we'll have the GOP eventually become a big tent party like the dems used to be before the 2000s

The Republicans have taken Dixie from the dems, are taking the rust belt from the dems, and could take the northeast from them eventually.

http://www.270towin.com/maps/Onv6B

These are the battle lines for politics in the future, the sun belt may go to the dems eventually.

It depends on our immigration policy.

yeah, we want to have hegemony over there for as long as possible

and I think it's possible to keep it on our side permanently if we make sure to pass the right stuff

If we stopped immigration from Mexico, the south will be red for quite a few decades.

Dixie will be red for the rest of our lives

The sun belt are where the demographic battle lines are

I thought the Sun Belt was this: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Sun_belt.svg/1200px-Sun_belt.svg.png

But yeah, I could see Arizona and Texas becoming much more blue if we don't build a wall.

Eh, to me it ends at the eastern border of Texas

then the bible belt starts and so on

http://www.270towin.com/2018-governor-election/xMV7

Best case scenario for Republicans in the Governer's elections.

Getting back to senatorial runs, apparently the Governor of Maine has flirted with a run multiple times

Paul LePage? He seems to be quite popular, and would definitely make it competitive.

Yeah, definitely, especially since King has the unique issue of the vote split since he's an (I)

Baker? You mean King, right?

lmao forgot his name

You corrected that as soon as I posted.

yeah, but in any case, that's an interesting possibility

LePage has gone back and forth on this for years now, if he decides to run, I think it'd be an easy win

I think Virginia and Maine are unappreciated battlegrounds.

Maybe not VA in my opinion, but definitely Maine

Trump was decently close to winning the state at large in 2016

Corey Stewart can drive up turnout in the rural areas and appeal to Northerners, and if Tim Kaine's creepy behavior towards children is in adds, he could pull off a win.

I certainly hope you're right

Corey's a good guy

He managed to win election in a 60-40 Dem-Rep area, and Kaine is poisoned by his Clinton run, so an upset is definitely possible.

Hey, I hope so.

New Jersey could be possible if the R's have a strong candidate. Not hoping on it, but the incumbent is scandal-ridden.

Gotta add Corey.

Alright, I'll look up the candidates and update the list

The New Jersey declared candidate list is garbage

Still, over half of people want Bob to resign, so it might be a potential upset.

Thomas Kean Jr. is a good potential one though, and apparently he's been calling out illegals even in the fucking Bush era

Let's hope he runs to make this more competitive.

Yeah, I'll put him on the list since he's the most viable