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Democrats may have won every statewide office, re-won every U.S. House seat, and kept majorities in both houses of the state legislature in the last election.

But the Nov. 4 results were not the inevitable outcome of a powerhouse of a state Democratic Party.

Political observers say a closer look at the numbers reveals vulnerabilities within both state party organizations and uncovers evidence of misguided loyalties to outdated ways of thinking among the leaders of both the Republican and Democratic parties.

The state GOP is smarting now, they say, but the vulnerabilities could hurt even the dominant Democrats down the road.

Who Are We?

Connecticut is a so-called blue state, and, arguably, one of the most progressive in the country. We've adopted policies abortion rights, gay marriage, strict gun control measures, among others that clearly fall in the category of socially progressive causes.

But does that mean that a more progressive inclination is in our DNA? Do we belong in the same reliable "lefties" column as California? Vermont? Massachusetts?

It depends on who's doing the defining.

"We might be blue by the numbers, but I personally don't believe Republicans can't get elected," said Heather Bond Somers, who ran for lieutenant governor under Republican Tom Foley.

And numbers or no, political columnist and blogger Kevin Rennie, a former Republican legislator, pushed back against the idea that Connecticut's default position is necessarily Democratic.

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