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Originally Posted by GGG
Winning all the swing states listed above is a solid victory but not quite a good enough one to destroy the Republican Party.
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If your definition of a rout is one that fundamentally alters a political party then you'd need more then just flipping a red state. Bill Clinton took multiple red states in his two campaigns, Won the electoral college by more then 200 EV, didn't destroy the Republican Party.
Reason it didn't destroy the Republican Party was because they were voting for Bill Clinton... not the Democratic Party. If H. Clinton is re-elected under any margin that might do it (16 years is a long time to be locked out of the executive). Texas becoming a true swing state would likewise do it (removing 38EV from their anchor states would make it almost impossible to win without major internal changes).
I don't think it's possible to truly destroy the Republican Party... but it is possible to inflict so many losses that they stare into the abyss and are forced to realign themselves.