Unfortunately things have changed a bit since then.
Reagan won Cali by 20 in 66.
Moonbeam won Cali by 20 in 14.
The Dems get 104 evs (Cal, Ill, NYS) without spending a dime.
and so much for Pennsylvania. Walker could be ahead by 100,000 votes on election night waiting for Philly to call in their tallies, and will anyone believe their totals? 202,000 for Hillary, 3000 for Walker. Just like when some districts had 0 votes for Romney.
And all three states are in the economic toilet, though at least Illinois is showing some signs, even a little bit, of maybe getting tired of total Democratic rule.
The top does not need to win any of those to win in 2016. We won’t see a Reagan landslide again, at least in the current environment and barring an unusual situation. We will see big wins again if we the party gets its head out of its ass.
“The Dems get 104 evs (Cal, Ill, NYS) without spending a dime.”
Boy, that is so true. It’s maddening, as there are a lot of red areas in all those states. But, NYC and Cook County are the 800-pound gorillas in their respective states. Shame.
As for California...man, wouldn’t it be great if GOP-friendly areas like San Bernardino County, Inyo County, etc. could convince the state assembly (or whoever) to let them join Arizona? It’ll never happen, but that’s the only way I see the GOP able to whittle down the Democratic EV jackpot there.