gardner of colorado and susan collins of maine. carolina.ter of north how did orange county, the bastion of ronald reagan's conservative republican party, flip to become a democratic stronghold? real: we are seeing a alignment in this country and it is two different groups. you got suburban america that once a -- that once was a republican stronghold. particularly women, are moving away from the republican party to where the democratic party. at the same time, we have small-town america, working-class whites without a four-year college degree, and protestants and catholics who go to church at least once a week, they are trending away from democrats towards the republican party. we are seeing very much a real alignment in american politics. the problem for republicans is there are a lot more people in the suburbs. you are seeing the suburbs where democrats did incredibly well