I don’t live in Colorado anymore, my parents are lifers there though, still going strong in their 80’s. I see things through their eyes. Both were registered Democrats since they turned 18, until the 1990 for my mom, and 2012 for my Dad, when they went either Republican or independent. The 2012 Democratic Caucus my Father attended forced him rethink his political opinions.
Interestingly, Pueblo County voted Trump in the last election. This has been a democratic party held county forever. Yet, even taking Pueblo County, it wasn’t enough to Trump to win Colorado in the last election. I think that the Denver, and Denver Suburbia, Colorado Springs, Castle Rock corridor has been heavily infiltrated by young people, mostly in the Technology and computer industries, which have pushed Colorado strongly into the ‘New’ Democrats hands. Further, the local papers have not had pro-Trump coverage....EVER, it’s fake news and hate news on steroids.
I say this literally, Biden could destroy the entire ecology and economy of Colorado with his policies, and the Corridor mentioned above would still vote Democrat. Honestly, Trump has a better chance of winning NYC than Colorado at this point.
New Mexico is a different animal. While there are considerable dependence upon Welfare, and a huge Hispanic population (that often leans democrat), Oil and Gas production is still a big part of the economy. New Mexico could easily flip this election and go with Trump.
Uh, no. Whether you believe the 2016 CO Trump deficit was 3 or 5 points, the NY state deficit for Trump was about 21 points. I'm not even going to bother looking up NYC's numbers. I do seem to recall reading somewhere once that if those numbers were subtracted from the national totals, Trump would have won the popular vote.
Prowers used to be a solid red. Don’t know what it is now.