I forgot to ask what factors caused Colorado to become such a leftist bastion in the last 10 years? That state is totally gone. It is now like California.
Californication, along with a large illegal population.
One factor is the tech influx from California. My brother-in-law’s company moved to Boulder about 12 years ago. Hard-drive manufacturers. He’s a marketing CEO, more money than Davey Crocket, and liberal as they get.
Ameilius:
1) Many people moved from California to Colorado when Bush Sr. slashed the military budget long ago.
2) Boulder libs have spilled over into Denver
3) After 911 many east coast libs moved into the mountains.
The rural vote used to override Boulder and North Denver but now the mountain libs are tipping the scales blue.
This story is actually very bad news. Erie is very conservative and now with less jobs they will be moving looking for work. So, unfortunately, this will color us even more blue.
To add to what others have posted, there are those Californians who couldn’t bear to continue living in California, but also couldn’t manage to connect the dots between how they voted and why they needed to leave. So, having fouled one nest, they move to another and are now fouling it. Of course their voting habits haven’t changed one whit.