Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

2016 Postmortem

(64,931 posts)

14. While you will never see a Ted Kennedy liberal coming out of Alaska, you guys

Thu Dec 6, 2012, 07:41 PM

Dec 2012

have elected democrats to the Senate (Mark Begich and nearly Tony Knowles) and the Governorship (Tony Knowles).

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

29 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Alaska: Future Swing State? From Nate Silver [View all] Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 OP

There's people in Alaska? Arkana Dec 2012 #1

About 723,000 according to latest figures Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #2

We have 1.8 according to that fact sheet. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #10

Awful analysis by Silver. geek tragedy Dec 2012 #5

Thanks for the vote of confidence. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #6

I grew up in North Dakota. Rural, non-diverse, cold states geek tragedy Dec 2012 #7

In actuality Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #8

In 1959, the Democrats were the party of segregationists. geek tragedy Dec 2012 #11

Whatever. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #12

Sure, I can read. And how people voted in 1959 is quite irrelevant geek tragedy Dec 2012 #13

Alaska... pbrower2a Dec 2012 #24

You missed Nate's point cire41 Dec 2012 #15

Thank you for "getting it" Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #17

Statistical noise. geek tragedy Dec 2012 #18

You are ignoring Perot's effect in both races cire41 Dec 2012 #19

That's a whopping trend, alright Hekate Dec 2012 #20

And before the gerrymandering we had a 50-50 split in our state senate, Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #16

So is Begich going to be re-elected as Senator in 2014? ellisonz Dec 2012 #21

Not certain. Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #22

Swing state? That would take a few years. Like maybe. Maybe 100 years. LiberalFighter Dec 2012 #23

Kick! sarcasmo Dec 2012 #25

We are a solid purple state. Arctic Dave Dec 2012 #26

I agree, Dave Blue_In_AK Dec 2012 #28

I think Nate Silver is right. David__77 Dec 2012 #27

Campaiging in Alaska would be a big chore bluestateguy Dec 2012 #29