He was reelected two more times and was very popular even as Rhode Island was trending more and more Democratic.

Once considered a safe Republican district, it has recently been trending more Democratic.

He has remained very popular in Iowa even as the state trended Democratic.

Well, for one thing, Illinois has been trending Democratic lately, as first the downstate farmers and then the small-city manufacturers, like Caterpillar in Peoria, have faced hard times.

Since 2008, the Republican Party has experienced big gains in white voters, including younger and poorer Whites who trended Democratic.

However, like much of New England, it has trended strongly Democratic on the federal level in recent years.

Iowa is a "battleground state" that has trended slightly Democratic in recent years, and Ames, like Iowa City, also trends Democratic.

The state has, however, been trending heavily Democratic (like the rest of New England) since 2000, the year George W. Bush carried New Hampshire by a slight margin.

Due to population growth Pike County is trending more Democratic as Democratic Governor Ed Rendell won Pike in 2006 with 53%.

In addition, despite having a Republican governor for 12 years, New York appears to have trended more Democratic.