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[quote=Anonymous]After the 2016 election and following a trend that started in the 2010 mid-terms, the Democrats are becoming a regional party. Take a look at these two maps showing state legislatures and state governors following the recent election. It really is quite striking. I thought that demographics would cause the Republican party to fade into irrelevance but it seems to be going the other way.

Do the Democrats have a plan to reverse this trend? Right now, it seems that they are just lost and sticking with what does not seem to have worked over the past several years.

I am not convinced that Hispanics and to a lesser extent African-Americans are not likely to trend Republican if the party shows some receptivity to their aspirations without the sort of pandering we have seen from Democrats. There are those within both these demographics who feel they have been taken for granted by the Democrats.

If the situation had been reversed with Democrats dominating the maps the way the Republicans are today, we would be seeing obituaries  written on the Republican party.

[img]http://images.dailykos.com/images/327487/story_image/State_Legislatures.png?1479139455[/img]

[img]http://images.dailykos.com/images/327488/original/Governors.png?1479139455[/img][/quote]

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