Submitted by Broad-Vacation-642 t3_yf1gme in dataisbeautiful
magnoliamachinations t1_iu1g273 wrote
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This is also misleading because many of these states may lean one way federally and another way at a local level.
Louisiana, Virginia, North Carolina, a Colorado, and California all come to mind immediately.
Louisiana has a Democrat as Governor, but all Federal officials are Republicans. It also typically goes Red for President.
Virginia and North Carolina are Swing States. Virginia just voted in a Republican Governor despite going Blue federally in 2020.
California fluctuates at the Governor level, but regularly votes Democrat at the federal level.
Colorado is a split state. The only reason it goes Blue is because of Denver and northern cities. Colorado Springs and nearly all of the Eastern and Western regions are Conservative, with Pueblo being the exception.
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