saw the same report a few days ago, and thought it was fairly accurate. in the last 4 election cycles (16-year span), the blue states remained blue on both coasts except for the carolinas which remained red and florida which turned purplish-red for bush and purplish-blue for obama. red states in the heartland will typically remain red as bible-thumping, gun-carrying americans still dominate the voter bloc. colorado and missouri are becoming purplish as migrants from both coasts take root and retire there for lower cost of living - with liberal whites going to colorado and welfare-seeking blacks going to big mo. if hillary can win in colorado and missouri plus florida which is also considered a purple (not blue) state, she will win the presidential race. but i doubt as trump will draw the non-partisan, independent, and libertarian votes which typically comprise 20% of total votes. swing votes from this camp of misfits and fence-sitters will be huge for trump, as turncoat democrats may also vote for him, especially those hardcore bernie supporters who hate the dem establishment and washington insiders. among political nut cases here, "enemy of my enemy is my friend" and they would either abstain from voting or cast their lot with a so called "conservative" outsider. i truly think when it comes down to the final race between trump and hillary, trump has a chance as pubs and independents gel around the presumptive nominee and negative stories start to swirl around hillary, especially when she slept through benghazi, and her state department email fiasco begins to become an albatross around her neck. trump will need to tone down his extreme rhetoric and work the middle and purple states. i'm calling for trump.
