Trump took a lot in the rust belt and there has been a lot of improvement in those formally industrial cities. Mass could be in play with the right candidate.
Your profile suggests that you and I might be about the same age.If I'm correct you'll appreciate that,apart from my time in the Armed Forces,I've lived my entire life in the Gay State (Massachusetts).
I was wrong about Scott Brown...but his was a very special case which would be tough to explain to an "outsider".
Today,Satan himself could run for the Presidency,the Senate,the House or the Governorship and get 60% of the vote.
Remember,voters of the Gay State elected a guy to the Senate something like a half dozen times *after* he killed a young woman.Trust me when I tell you that the Senate gig belongs to Princess Liawatha for as long as she wants it.