NEW: Over the past two decades, a big chunk of the country has transformed, as the West has gone from reliably red to a bastion of blue.

A look at the forces behind the change, starting in Colorado, which swung 18% from Bush's 2004 win to Biden's romp in 2020.

First of a series on "The New West."

https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2023-03-21/how-democrats-won-the-west-colorado

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