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Vandy Professor Bruce Oppenheimer explains how Kentucky (and Tennessee) went from swing states to solid GOP strongholds in just a few election cycles:
So how did Kentucky, a state that has switched back and forth to vote for the winner of every presidential race since 1964, end up on the sidelines?



