It’s more a matter of demographics than energizing the electorate. My guess is the reason some states are becoming more blue and others more red is due to changes in demographics rather than individual voters changing their minds. It’s not that Republicans in Virginia are becoming more liberal, or that Democrats in Wisconsin are becoming more conservative. It’s more likely that liberal people are moving out of states like Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota (D’s need to pay close attention there) and moving into places like Virginia (and Texas and Georgia but not yet in enough numbers to flip them). Either that or conservatives moving in the opposite direction or a combination of the two. Dealing with the issue of having a smaller slice of the electorate (Wisconsin problems) is different than energizing a larger base (Virginia problems). The latter seems to be an easier problem to solve.
It’s possible I might be mistaken here, but I don’t think that’s where Sunny Daze is coming from.
Heh, I agree with you. First time for everything, I guess.