Fifty-five on 1 January 2015. And Fifty-seven on 1 January 2017.
I’ll go ahead and predict 2019, they hit peak out at 60. The damage done here....will last around for at least six to eight years, and we haven’t even hit the peak yet.
I like your optimism, but I know too many places, like here in MA, where the 'Rats have made structural changes to the electorate, campaign finance, and so on, that lock-in Sinate 'Rats. Then, there is the "Big Sort", where would-be Conservative 'R' voters have left the state permanently, leaving smaller numbers of us left to wage the battles.