Counting the number of Red states on one column versus the number of Blue states in the other is meaningless. You are comparing states like Wyoming and Kentucky to California and Delaware. About the most important state consistently leaning Right is Texas, and even there, it is mostly because of rural conservatism overshadowing what centers of prosperity there are in the state.
You want to learn a skill to be profitable in the economy, and the learning of that skill will incline you away from a long list of backward ideas. Same thing with the court systems, and other important institutions. Every one of them that is critical leans left.
The Democrats have presented themselves nationally as the party of inclusiveness, and virtually all elements of their policies converge on this.
Since their positions are all connected under a single umbrella, it's fairly easy to present a unified front.
The Republicans are not unified. It's hard to unify when your party is increasingly nothing more than conservatism towards everything under the sun.
Here's the thing though- social liberals have to understand that, as far as state politics are concerned, the Republicans tend to win. It's fairly easy to lose sight of this, what with social media and the fact that the random media you see on aggregate sites these days seem to do nothing but endorse some form of social liberalism, but the fact of the matter is-
You elitist bastard.
Since their positions are all connected under a single umbrella, it's fairly easy to present a unified front.
The Republicans are not unified. It's hard to unify when your party is increasingly nothing more than conservatism towards everything under the sun.
Here's the thing though- social liberals have to understand that, as far as state politics are concerned, the Republicans tend to win. It's fairly easy to lose sight of this, what with social media and the fact that the random media you see on aggregate sites these days seem to do nothing but endorse some form of social liberalism, but the fact of the matter is-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_current_United_States_governors
As far as the sentiment in the OP is concerned-
I'm sure there are plenty of people who express the same opinion as you, except the opposite as far as the positions are concerned.
I say this because I think that means some important things.