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« on: September 08, 2005, 11:10:54 PM »
As of 2004:


2000 county map was the same two countys going democratic (although the %s changed)

It went Democratic five times in the last century (all lanslides) 1912 and 1916 for Wilson, 1932 and 1936 for Roosevelt, and 1964 for Johnson.

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« Reply #1 on: September 08, 2005, 11:30:35 PM »
I've bought it about 10 days ago, I should probably read it all the way through.  I've already got through the first two chapters...
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« Reply #2 on: September 08, 2005, 11:44:41 PM »
Quote from: Milk_and_Cereal on September 08, 2005, 11:10:54 PM
As of 2004:


2000 county map was the same two countys going democratic (although the %s changed)

It went Democratic five times in the last century (all lanslides) 1912 and 1916 for Wilson, 1932 and 1936 for Roosevelt, and 1964 for Johnson.

Discuss.

1916 was not a landslide. It was 2nd only to 2004 as the narrowest popular vote in a successful re-election.
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« Reply #3 on: September 08, 2005, 11:52:11 PM »
I find it hard to believe that Wilson won every single county in a state *twice* where he couldn't even crack 50% either time.

Of course, the narrowest popular vote of all time was in 1880--but nice wording on JFern's part to throw a political spin on a non-political post.


Oh...oops...misread the original intent of the post there.
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« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2005, 02:37:59 AM »
Those two counties are Wyandotte, which is basically Kansas City KS - not the suburbs, just the city; and I forget what the other one#s called, but it's got a non-small university city in it.
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« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2005, 02:39:38 AM »
Quote from: Erc on September 08, 2005, 11:52:11 PM
I find it hard to believe that Wilson won every single county in a state *twice* where he couldn't even crack 50% either time.
He didn't.
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« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2005, 07:59:26 AM »
Quote from: Lewis Trondheim on September 09, 2005, 02:37:59 AM
Those two counties are Wyandotte, which is basically Kansas City KS - not the suburbs, just the city; and I forget what the other one#s called, but it's got a non-small university city in it.
Douglas, KU.
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« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2005, 03:37:44 PM »
Quote from: Alcon on September 08, 2005, 11:24:09 PM
Everyone needs to read What's the Matter with Kansas.  It may be partisan, but it's an excellent analysis of Kansas and made a state that otherwise seemed very boring to me quite interesting.

I tried reading it I really did but his constant attack of capitalism and Republicans and anybody who ever made over $50,000 a year kinda turned me off.
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« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2005, 04:09:30 PM »
I used to live in Kansas (one of the MORE liberal areas, Johnson County) and lemme say there's no way it will ever vote Dem in a Presidential election barring a major landslide in the next 25 years.
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« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2005, 04:46:40 PM »
Quote from: Senator Colin Wixted, PPT on September 10, 2005, 03:37:44 PM
Quote from: Alcon on September 08, 2005, 11:24:09 PM
Everyone needs to read What's the Matter with Kansas.  It may be partisan, but it's an excellent analysis of Kansas and made a state that otherwise seemed very boring to me quite interesting.

I tried reading it I really did but his constant attack of capitalism and Republicans and anybody who ever made over $50,000 a year kinda turned me off.

He doesn't so much attack capitalism as he does the affect of capitalism on the people of western Kansas - it was terribly biased, but if you look past these it's interesting, especially the way he describes the relationship between the tony Kansas City suburbs and western Kansas that vote similarly, but for totally different reasons.
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« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2005, 05:09:35 PM »
There are actually some Democratic state legislators in Western Kansas IIRC
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« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2005, 07:25:42 PM »
Quote from: Senator Al on September 10, 2005, 05:09:35 PM
There are actually some Democratic state legislators in Western Kansas IIRC

They're probably conservatives, in step with the national GOP.
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« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2005, 08:51:11 PM »
I used to live in Wichita, KS (Sedgewick County)
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« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2005, 10:57:08 PM »
Johnson County, Kansas last went for the Dems in 1916
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« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2005, 07:50:29 AM »
kansas was actually relatively close in 92, due to the perot vote.
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« Reply #15 on: September 13, 2005, 08:25:26 AM »
Kansas is still a pretty populist state considerring how strong the religious right is in the state. The banning of Charles Darwin from Science classes has started a national debate on intelligent design. Evolutoin has always been a difficult thing for the religious right to except. The dems may lose Kansas but they can use laws in Kansas to boast support in other states.
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« Reply #16 on: September 13, 2005, 10:23:10 AM »
Quote from: Alcon on September 08, 2005, 11:24:09 PM
Everyone needs to read What's the Matter with Kansas.  It may be partisan, but it's an excellent analysis of Kansas and made a state that otherwise seemed very boring to me quite interesting.

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