Ignore it at your peril. The electoral vote will follow. How many blue states have turned purple and then solid red? Trump won states like MI, WI, and PA that normal Reps could never win and he did so barely.
Trump won WI by 23K with 47% of the vote. This was the first time a Rep has won the state since 1984.
Trump won MI by 11,000 votes with 47% of the vote. This was the first time a Rep has won the state since 1988.
Trump won PA by 44,000 votes with 47% of the vote. This was the first time a Rep has won the state since 1988.
VA, NV, and CO are now solid Dem states in Presidential elections. They used to be solid red states or at least toss ups.
You’re forgetting the changes NOW going about.
Yes, surburbanites are going Left-wing, especially government employees, and Californians are leaving their states in droves. Califirnians have turned many states blue, such as CO and NV. Govt types in Virginia.
However, the Leftist have made a decision to support a league of various minorities and special groups and kick the working class whites to the curb.
Trump is the first to gather these voters up. More and more Republicans are seeing this.
Because of this, the red may grow in the Midwest AND Northeast as much as VA, NV, CO, WA, etc., have gone blue.
And that not my opinion, but others have said so:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3638972/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3620765/posts
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3368698/posts