Okay, this is going to be an interesting challenge. You want to say triangulation and incrementalism plays better in red states? You think you’ll get a rout that way? Well, here you go. You must keep the above states blue and turn one of the following red states blue.
- One of the Goldwater states South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Arizona. Nothing more need be said.
- South Dakota Most racist state in the union. Not that you’d care, since Indians don’t count to centrist Dems.
- Utah Mormon country. Very socially conservative.
- West Virginia Was blue for a long time, hated Obama because he was of “the other race”, and currently blames him for the collapse of coal
(Yeah, I’m going deep red here.)
So, turn one of those states blue, while keeping our blue states, and I might seriously consider triangulation and incrementalism as a legitimate political tactic. If you can’t turn them blue in the face of Trump,