Describe a McGovern 1972/Cruz 2016 voter
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« on: April 02, 2016, 10:53:20 PM »
Ideas?
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« Reply #1 on: April 02, 2016, 10:58:25 PM »
Old white Protestant man from South Dakota.
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« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2016, 10:59:34 PM »
Potentially me.
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« Reply #3 on: April 03, 2016, 12:29:39 AM »
"Solid South" Democrat who didn't switch over for good until Bush in 2004.

Potential voting record:
1972 - McGovern
1976 - Carter
1980 - Carter
1984 - Reagan
1988 - Bush (but a swing voter overall)
1992 - Clinton
1996 - Clinton
2000 - Gore (again a swing voter)
2004 - Bush
2008 - McCain (Huckabee in primary)
2012 - Romney (Gingrich in primary)
2016 - Cruz
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« Reply #4 on: April 03, 2016, 07:47:44 AM »
« Edited: April 03, 2016, 07:51:00 AM by Oldiesfreak1854 »
A Reagan Democrat or old Dixiecrat who wants to pretend (s)he's too smart to vote for Trump.

Possible presidential voting record
1968: George Wallace
1972: George McGovern
1976: Jimmy Carter
1980: Jimmy Carter
1984: Walter Mondale
1988: Michael Dukakis
1992: Bill Clinton
1996: Bill Clinton
2000: George W. Bush
2004: George W. Bush
2008: John McCain
2012: Mitt Romney
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« Reply #5 on: April 08, 2016, 03:44:23 PM »
« Edited: April 08, 2016, 03:47:41 PM by Nym90 »
This thread references counties where Obama did worse than McGovern and thus would be a good starting point: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=228728.0

Unfortunately a full list wasn't provided.

The problem with the idea that the Deep South is a major source of these voters is that McGovern did worse with whites in the Deep South than at least every Dem nominee from 1976-2004, and maybe even worse than Obama, depending on how bad black turnout was in 1972 (it was certainly quite low in the South that year).
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« Reply #6 on: April 17, 2016, 09:09:47 PM »
A hippie who became a born again Christian.
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« Reply #7 on: April 17, 2016, 10:15:57 PM »
Jon Voight?
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« Reply #8 on: April 17, 2016, 11:27:21 PM »

Nah, he's a Trump supporter.
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« Reply #9 on: April 17, 2016, 11:28:15 PM »
Zell Miller voted for McGovern, so it could be him.
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« Reply #10 on: April 18, 2016, 02:30:45 PM »
A coal miner from Appalachia.
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« Reply #11 on: April 27, 2016, 04:52:13 PM »
« Edited: April 27, 2016, 04:53:47 PM by Nym90 »

Perhaps, though McGovern only won one county in the coalfield of West Virginia. Of course, that's one more than Obama won in the state....
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« Reply #12 on: April 28, 2016, 03:53:56 AM »
Quote from: Nym90 on April 27, 2016, 04:52:13 PM

Perhaps, though McGovern only won one county in the coalfield of West Virginia. Of course, that's one more than Obama won in the state....

He also carried a handful of counties in Eastern Kentucky.
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« Reply #13 on: April 28, 2016, 10:51:56 AM »
Quote from: Nym90 on April 08, 2016, 03:44:23 PM
This thread references counties where Obama did worse than McGovern and thus would be a good starting point: https://uselectionatlas.org/FORUM/index.php?topic=228728.0

Unfortunately a full list wasn't provided.

The problem with the idea that the Deep South is a major source of these voters is that McGovern did worse with whites in the Deep South than at least every Dem nominee from 1976-2004, and maybe even worse than Obama, depending on how bad black turnout was in 1972 (it was certainly quite low in the South that year).

MormDem's mention of inland Northern California in that thread gives some intriguing possibilities.
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« Reply #14 on: April 28, 2016, 12:33:27 PM »
A hippie from the 70s who got older and became radicalized by the right in 2009/2010.
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« Reply #15 on: April 28, 2016, 04:23:18 PM »
A yellow dog Democrat from Cottle County, Texas. 
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« Reply #16 on: May 12, 2016, 05:25:18 PM »
A "Jesus freak" who maintained her/his evangelicalism and became more conservative with age.
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« Reply #17 on: June 28, 2016, 05:21:17 PM »
South Dakota resident?
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