CountyTy90
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« on: March 27, 2014, 03:09:19 AM » |
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I was going to start a California '88 post until I found this.
1988 is my favorite presidential election. I think it was really the last election in which most states were up for play. It was conceivable for Bush or Dukakis to win currently Democratic states like Illinois, Michigan, Pennsylvania, and most importantly California. Flip side, it was conceivable for Bush to win New York, Washington, and Oregon.
I wish we had a repeat of 1988!
But it's so fascinating to me the county level results in California. I mean... how in the hell did Bush only lose Los Angeles County by 5 points?!?! That's crazy. Now Republicans can't even break 30%. I would love to see a map of the county by which cities and Congressional districts Bush won.
Does anyone know any good books/articles about the '88 race in general and/or in California?
I've been watching old C-Span videos of the rallies and call in programs and am obsessed with '88.
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