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phk
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« on: September 12, 2008, 04:19:58 PM »
I think WV threw out a corrupt GOP governor at the same time.

Vermont didn't trend to the left till the 1990s anyway.
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« Reply #1 on: September 12, 2008, 06:01:45 PM »
Quote from: Mr.Phips on September 12, 2008, 05:45:58 PM
Quote from: phknrocket1k on September 12, 2008, 04:19:58 PM
I think WV threw out a corrupt GOP governor at the same time.

Vermont didn't trend to the left till the 1990s anyway.

It actually started trending to the left right around 1988.  Dukakis nearly won Vermont and I believe was leading in most polls there up until the election.

MMhm. Looks like the leftward trend started after 1984 and before 1988.

It likely would have ended up in Dukakis's column in a 50-50 race.
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« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2008, 07:53:18 PM »


This is what a real close Dukakis win would have looked like. Assuming 50-50 pV margin.
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« Reply #3 on: September 18, 2008, 01:56:53 AM »
Quote from: defe07 on September 17, 2008, 10:41:09 PM
I believe that Dukakis won WV because of his stance on agricultural subsidies, something that apparently fared well with the middle of the country (people say this was the reason he won Iowa as well).

WV was throwing out a corrupt GOP governor at the time. I think if this wasn't going on than Bush would have likely eked out a win.
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