'Voters are capable of holding two thoughts: that abortion and the economy both matter, and they vote on both,' Laura Chapin, a Democratic strategist and Colorado reproductive rights advocate, told Axios.
this election cycle, a sign of priorities and support for the candidates.The shift is so monumental because less than a decade ago Republicans held at least three statewide constitutional offices, as well as a chamber in the Legislature and a majority of the U.S. House delegation.
A cautionary outlook comes from state Democratic Party chair Morgan Carroll. "Republicans haven't had a non-Trump Republican Party to choose from in a while … and if they ran a more normal Republican, I actually think we'd see Republicans win in the state more often," she says."Purple" is a convenient way to capture Colorado's independent Western spirit, but it no longer describes the state's political landscape.
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