A political realignment takes more than one election.  The 2016 election was close, the losing candidate did win the popular vote, and only one region truly switched its electoral votes from recent  patterns. That region included the tri-state area that I originally named "Minnewisowa" (Minnesota, Wisconsin, and Iowa) in 2004.  Minnewisowa did change dramatically, with Wisconsin and Iowa voting for Trump (they voted for Obama in 2008 and 2012), and the Democrat won usually very blue Minnesota by only a few thousand votes out of almost three million cast.  The other Midwestern region, often called "Middle Atlantic" America, is clustered around the Great Lakes and includes Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania.  All of these states but one (Indiana) voted for Mr. Obama in 2012.  This year, all but one (Illinois) voted for Mr. Trump.  That represents...(Read Full Post)