Reply #43: It's not 1980, 1988, 1992, or 1996, it's 2008

[Hippo_Tron]

The Republican landslide of 1994 showed just how well organized they had become in states like West Virginia. Back when Jimmy Carter and Michael Dukakis were running, the Republicans simply didn't have that organization. Yes Clinton won West Virginia in 1996 but he was an incumbent President and he beat Dole pretty handedly everywhere. Al Gore and John Kerry performed much better nationally than Jimmy Carter did in 1980 or Michael Dukakis did in 1988 and yet they lost West Virginia. That isn't because of Al Gore or John Kerry that's because West Virginia has changed.