I live here and while it is quite true that we've been invaded, imo, it wasn't only that. The Dem's somehow captured a lot of our voters. Our county has a lot of new people, but we still outnumbered registered Democrats 3 to 1, and they still won.
I knew people who are staunch conservatives who I know voted for Salazar, even knowing he was a Dem. Some based on race, some because the conservatives were labeled extreme.
And, our party really has collapsed since that election. Even when the first thing the new Democratic legislature did was work on circumnavigating TABOR (our taxpayers bill of rights, requiring all new tax increase to be set before the people), there was nary a peep from the Republican party. The only guy who cared was Joe what'shisname from the Independence Institute.
I went to the caucus and signed my name on a volunteer sheet, but have heard nothing.