US 2020 Presidential Election prediction thread

[PDH]

As Wyoming goes, so does Idaho.

And Montana.

Montana still sometimes elects Democrats!   

[FunkMonk]

As Wyoming goes, so does Idaho.

And Montana.

Montana still sometimes elects Democrats!   

RINOs!!!11

[Valmy]

Montana is a bit on the purple-ish end of the red states. Still only a faint purple hue though.

[PDH]

Montana is a bit on the purple-ish end of the red states. Still only a faint purple hue though.

Any bit of blue is the equivalent of full on communism.

[Barrister]

Trump aid Hope Hicks tests positive for coronavirus.  Trump to isolate until he gets test results.

[Barrister]

Montana is a bit on the purple-ish end of the red states. Still only a faint purple hue though.

Any bit of blue is the equivalent of full on communism.

Better dead than red.

Err, wait...

[11B4V]

 

[Josquius]

Montana is a bit on the purple-ish end of the red states. Still only a faint purple hue though.

Yeah, I'm curious on that. What's the deal there?
Why is it such an outlier? Natives?

[celedhring]

The only guy I know from Montana (white, college-educated) is a Democrat. Hardly representative, but here's that. 

[The Brain]

People who want to see Montana are often Communists.

[Valmy]

Montana is a bit on the purple-ish end of the red states. Still only a faint purple hue though.

Yeah, I'm curious on that. What's the deal there?
Why is it such an outlier? Natives?

It isn't that much of an outlier

If anything it is more typical of a red state than Idaho and Wyoming which are on the extreme side.

Yes there are a bit more American Indians, as percentage of the population, than most US states but that fairly typical of their neighborhood. Both Dakotas have similar percentages, for example.

It could be that they have a Democratic stronghold like Mizzoula, home of the University of Montana. But even Wyoming has Jackson Hole where hippies like to hang out. So I don't know.

[merithyn]

A lot of folks from the West Coast are moving to Montana because of the housing prices. Additionally, there are a lot of communal living types out there.

[Oexmelin]

It could be that they have a Democratic stronghold like Mizzoula

Isn't that in the great state of Mizzouri?

[Valmy]

It could be that they have a Democratic stronghold like Mizzoula

Isn't that in the great state of Mizzouri?

You bastard

I don't know what is wrong with me today 

[Berkut]

I have more sympathy for non-Trump GOP politicians than you.

Their problem was that Republican voters were far more loyal to Trump than to anyone else.  The moment you spoke against Trump you risked being primaried (and losing said primary).  It's an almost impossible situation to be in.

Sorry Beeb, but that is simply not true.

The threat of being primaried out of office if you were not radical enough existed long before Trump. Indeed, lots of sane, moderate Republicans were primaried out by Tea Party whackjobs a decade or more before Trump.

The Tea Party transformed the GOP in a Party that nobody should be surprised then elected Donal Trump. He is *exactly* the President the GOP deserved at the moment he won the nomination, because he nearly perfectly aligns with what the modern Tea Party GOP values.

So no, the Paul Ryan's don't get a pass. They were part of creating the very party for whom Trump is the ideal candidate. Not the other way around.