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Yukari Yakumo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun May-11-08 06:14 AM
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2. GA may not be as difficult as you think...
Prior to Bush, I think it was a fairly blue state.
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  -Are the Southern States In Play Now? aaroh  May-11-08 06:02 AM   #0 
  - I think  Jake3463   May-11-08 06:11 AM   #1 
  - GA may not be as difficult as you think...  Aya Reiko   May-11-08 06:14 AM   #2 
  - If Bob Barr makes a good showing, GA and VA will be very much in play.  tekisui   May-12-08 07:01 AM   #44 
  - Al Gore Won 92% Of The African American Vote In 00 And Lost Every Southern State But Florida*  DemocratSinceBirth   May-11-08 06:15 AM   #3 
  - What was the turnout?  Jake3463   May-11-08 06:31 AM   #6 
  - Here's The Math  DemocratSinceBirth   May-11-08 06:38 AM   #7 
     - I never though MS  Jake3463   May-11-08 06:39 AM   #8 
     - Kerry Got 22% Of The White Vote In SC, 27% In NC And 32% In VA  DemocratSinceBirth   May-11-08 06:44 AM   #9 
        - VA looks promising  Jake3463   May-11-08 06:47 AM   #10 
           - VA And FL Are In Play  DemocratSinceBirth   May-11-08 06:49 AM   #12 
           - NC will be in play in 2012 and 2016  Jake3463   May-11-08 06:58 AM   #13 
              - Plus It's A Really Beautiful State  DemocratSinceBirth   May-11-08 07:01 AM   #14 
              - Lived there for 2 years  Jake3463   May-11-08 07:03 AM   #15 
              - lots of those Yankees  marions ghost   May-11-08 08:12 AM   #18 
                 - Thank you, marians ghost  supernova   May-11-08 06:16 PM   #26 
                    - you're welcome supernova  marions ghost   May-12-08 06:34 AM   #42 
           - Yes, promising for 2012 and beyond. Not this year.  Carrieyazel   May-11-08 08:50 PM   #34 
     - There's a flaw in your math. It also depends on what the White voter turnout is .......  Exilednight   May-11-08 06:09 PM   #23 
  - i'm sure the turnout will be much greater this time  BklynChick   May-11-08 06:11 PM   #25 
  - IIRC, the AA GOTV effort has always been good, so Obama can only get incremental gains  TheBorealAvenger   May-11-08 06:27 AM   #4 
  - I'm Lookling At 04 Exit Polls  DemocratSinceBirth   May-11-08 06:29 AM   #5 
     - Wow.  woolldog   May-11-08 05:58 PM   #22 
        - Wisconsin whites vote quite differently from Mississippi whites.  Zynx   May-11-08 09:38 PM   #40 
           - lol @ "wisconsin whites"  woolldog   May-11-08 10:01 PM   #41 
  - You bet we are! And those who have wanted to write us off for years...  elizm   May-11-08 06:47 AM   #11 
  - Dream on. Twenty years ago we enthusiastically nominated  Benhurst   May-11-08 07:05 AM   #16 
  - Myabe you should look at the latest poll on Dole and Hagen...Neck and neck..  elizm   May-11-08 05:30 PM   #19 
     - I'm well aware of the polls as far as Dole is concerned and we do have have a chance  Benhurst   May-12-08 07:29 AM   #46 
  - Hahahaha!  Maddy McCall   May-11-08 05:32 PM   #20 
  - True.. NC will vote Republican like it has for many years  Mudoria   May-11-08 07:12 PM   #27 
     - More and more folks are moving here from elsewhere...I wouldn't  NC_Nurse   May-11-08 08:12 PM   #30 
     - Same with Mississippi.  Maddy McCall   May-11-08 08:13 PM   #31 
  - Those states wrote themselves off.  BlooInBloo   May-11-08 08:13 PM   #32 
  - Probably not  last_texas_dem   May-11-08 07:12 AM   #17 
  - No  Secret_Society   May-11-08 05:34 PM   #21 
  - No, Western states are.  BlooInBloo   May-11-08 06:10 PM   #24 
  - Yes.  kentuck   May-11-08 07:14 PM   #28 
  - if Bob Barr is really running, Georgia may be  SoCalDem   May-11-08 07:16 PM   #29 
  - No way. And him averaging that much of the white vote in South is impossible.  Carrieyazel   May-11-08 08:48 PM   #33 
  - Do not discount the White Southern vote... we are more in tune than the media would have you know  crankychatter   May-11-08 08:53 PM   #35 
  - Virginia  gravity   May-11-08 09:00 PM   #36 
  - yes they are... here is why:  Gore1FL   May-11-08 09:20 PM   #37 
  - Um,  smalll   May-11-08 09:27 PM   #38 
  - Nope. How is he going to get more of the white vote in the South than any Dem has since Carter?  Zynx   May-11-08 09:36 PM   #39 
  - If You Look At Mississippi Bush* Got Almost As Much Of The African American Vote As Kerry Got  DemocratSinceBirth   May-12-08 07:15 AM   #45 
  - Not a chance. He won't even get all of the swing states.  oktoberain   May-12-08 06:59 AM   #43 
  - They'll be in play at the local and other levels  hokies4ever   May-12-08 07:32 AM   #47 
  - No. The South will vote for the Republican (NT)  Tesha   May-12-08 08:03 AM   #48 
 

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