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Anthony McCarthy

(507 posts)
16. MS, OK, AL, GA, TX,
Wed Nov 7, 2012, 06:01 PM
Nov 2012

How soon you forget. Georgia went for the Democrat in 1976 and 1992. Texas gave us LBJ. When Eugene Debs ran for president his vote in OK was higher than it was in the industrial North East.

And Texas is on the cusp of being majority "minority". Things change. Why they change is complex.

If we didn't have the Electoral College liberals in Alabama would count so Alabama wouldn't be "red". It's an artificial situation.

ignorance PearliePoo2 Nov 2012 #1
Fear of a changing America - and their own shadows. polichick Nov 2012 #2
But what makes them afraid? Smuckies Nov 2012 #4
They know they're losing their automatic (white, male) power... polichick Nov 2012 #11
Rednecks??? LeftInTX Nov 2012 #12
Fixed voters DrToast Nov 2012 #3
Alabama: From birth to age 39 JustFiveMoreMinutes Nov 2012 #5
been red since civil war - they were against mixed race marriages, civil rights, etc 2Design Nov 2012 #6
Oh... do u think they could ever flip ? Smuckies Nov 2012 #10
just like romneys it is inbred through strict teaching and brainwashed since birth 2Design Nov 2012 #23
Diebold Republican Electing (DRE) Machinez AndyTiedye Nov 2012 #7
Strong religion. Add ID and UT Lionessa Nov 2012 #8
Stereotypes, an answer that is deceptively plausible and allows Anthony McCarthy Nov 2012 #21
Unless one is willing to worship as they do, one is entirely discounted by them anyway. Lionessa Nov 2012 #25
Uneducated, racist white people. nt geek tragedy Nov 2012 #9
thats what I was going to say nt kydo Nov 2012 #28
consider these two maps: phantom power Nov 2012 #13
Exactly, it is about slavery jenw2 Nov 2012 #18
Rural counties BarKim Nov 2012 #14
I'd lay odds that these five states consistently rank at the bottom in... MANative Nov 2012 #15
MS, OK, AL, GA, TX, Anthony McCarthy Nov 2012 #16
Good point. Do you think if Dems try in the next 4 yrs in TX and GA that they will flip again? Smuckies Nov 2012 #19
I'm in favor of the 50 state strategy Anthony McCarthy Nov 2012 #22
Religion and racism Pisces Nov 2012 #17
the larger cities in those states are blue treestar Nov 2012 #20
I'm thinking it is something in the water jberryhill Nov 2012 #24
Gerrymandering, guns, bibles, big hair Blue4Texas Nov 2012 #26
The people in these "red states" have, by their histories, formed a culture, which ladjf Nov 2012 #27
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