Capital Review

If you’re 40 or older, today’s Colorado is very different politically than the state where you grew up — assuming you grew up here.

Except for Lyndon Johnson’s landslide win over Barry Goldwater in 1964, no Democrat won more than 45 percent in Colorado between 1952 and 2000.

When Bill Clinton won Colorado in 1992 (with 40 percent in a three-way race), we became a “swing state” in presidential races through 2008. Three of those elections were decided by less than five percent.

Republicans’ most decisive win in that era was George W. Bush by 8.4 percent in 2000. Ranked by margin of victory, Colo...