Gallup: Red states outnumber blue for first time in eight years

By Kelly Cohen
Published February 3, 2016 1:35pm ET
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Gallup: Red states outnumber blue for first time in eight years
There were more Republican states than Democratic states in 2015 for the first time since Gallup started tracking the statistic in 2008. When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, 35 states were either solid or leaning Democratic, and there were just five Republican states. But the new Gallup survey said there were 20 solid […]

There were more Republican states than Democratic states in 2015 for the first time since Gallup started tracking the statistic in 2008.

When Barack Obama was elected president in 2008, 35 states were either solid or leaning Democratic, and there were just five Republican states.

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