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Introduction: state of change: Colorado politics in the twenty-first century / Courtenay W. Daum, Robert J. Duffy, Kyle Saunders, and John A. Straayer -- Colorado: sometimes red and sometimes blue / Robert D. Loevy -- What's going on? the shifting terrain of federal elections in Colorado / Robert J. Duffy and Kyle Saunders -- Colorado's central role in the 2008 presidential election cycle / Seth E. Masket -- Impact of direct democracy on Colorado state politics / Daniel A. Smith -- Colorado's new election day world / Scott Doyle, Larimer County Elections Staff, and John A. Straayer -- The Colorado general assembly: it ain't what it used to be / John A. Straayer -- How Gavel changed party politics in Colorado's general assembly / Mike Binder, Vladimir Kogan, and Thad Kousser -- Disparate impact: term limits, female representatives, and the Colorado state legislature / Courtenay W. Daum -- One thing after another: layers of policy and Colorado's fiscal train wreck / John A. Straayer -- Financial architecture of post-republican Colorado / Scott Moore

""A rare and comprehensive examination of the state's political system and a good historical record of the evolution of our state.""--James A. Null University of Colorado at Colorado Springs Colorado has recently been at the center of major shifts in American politics. Indeed, over the last several decades the political landscape has altered dramatically on both the state and national levels. State of Change traces the political and demographic factors that have transformed Colorado, looking beyond the major shift in the dominant political party from Republican to Democratic to greater