Re- alignment is going on. NH is now solid Blue (Nobody would have beaten Hasan there.) MI >s now solid Blue. WI toss up. PA- Mastreano dragged the whole ticket down. FL and TX more red. Hopelessly decided country. Blue States getting bluer. Red States getting redder.
The Curley Effect. Things are so bad in the Dem areas anyone with the means and ability leaves. Those that are left behind are poorer, less educated. less options, and tend to vote straight D because they are easily manipulated. “Want free stuff? Vote Democrat. Those klan Republicans gonna put y’all back in chains and take away your Obamaphones and disability.”
High crime = good news for Democrats. It means the educated upper middle class Republican voting types will leave their city and that gives them total control. With total control they can then control the entire state with ‘late arriving’ and late reporting ballots. Rural areas no longer matter and people are realizing their votes don’t count so they don’t bother to show up.
We start out spotting California and New York every national election. We then have to run the table on all the toss-up states and with control of major cities Dems have motor voted their way into office. Unelss we stop mail in ballots, we will keep losing.