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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think a few things are going on with the graphs. State level parties can be more reflective of their populations. In national politics there has been extreme polarization with Republicans moving to the far right and democrat owning the center and center left. In states, you will see religious far right republicans in the deep south or rural west but more liberal republicans in other states. This is no different than seeing conservative NRA supporting democrats in the rural west.

Traditional republican views (non-Trump shit) are not necessarily that education or health and human services are bad but that they should be handled by the state. Its not a contradiction for a mainstream Republican governor to support education or HHS at the state level and still oppose it at the federal level.

[b]When the a federal Republican administration starts cutting federal spending - those cuts end up in the red states. These states rely heavily on those funds and the decline in services creates crosses that open the door for a democrat to campaign on that issue and adopt conservative positions[/b]. [/quote]

Thank you for your thoughtful reply. Based on your analysis, wouldn't you then expect a coming wave of State political positions going to Democrats?

Also, what do you say there is a similar pattern visible in power in Congress or less so? Looks to me as less so but still some.

[img]http://www.realclearpolitics.com/images/wysiwyg_images/senate1-9-17.jpg[/img]
[img]http://www.realclearpolitics.com/images/wysiwyg_images/house2-9-17.jpg[/img][/quote]

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