You can see the influence around Boise, ID. Ditto in WA.
I visited my great aunt in WA a few years back. She punched her fist in the air and proclaimed, "Dems Rule here!". I looked at her and said, "I'm sorry". That wasn't the reaction she was expecting. I hadn't seen her since we visited for Thanksgiving dinner in 1964. We've certainly grown up with different political points of view.
You rock, sir!
Cheers!