How much did Lieberman Being Jewish Help Gore in FL?
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« on: May 19, 2008, 08:57:32 PM »
I kept thinking about why Florida swung so heavily for Bush in 2004, and this seems to be the only logical answer I keep coming up with.  Did it really have that much of an effect or am I overlooking something obvious?
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« Reply #1 on: May 19, 2008, 10:00:11 PM »
It almost swung the election.
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« Reply #2 on: May 30, 2008, 02:13:16 PM »
It definately helped more than it hurt.
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« Reply #3 on: July 16, 2008, 01:03:02 AM »
It definitely hurt Gore, not helped him. No Jews in Florida at that time would have voted Republican. The start of the shift in the Jewish vote towards republican only occurred after 9/11 and Iraq due to issues surrounding Islamic terrorism in New York and Israel's defense. It only could have hurt Gore. Bush and his brother's popularity in Florida increased after 9/11 across all demographics; that is the reason for the difference in %'s between 00 and 04.
    If Gore would have picked Bob Graham, he would have won the election.
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« Reply #4 on: July 16, 2008, 09:40:19 AM »
Gore was bland and Lieberman was unpopular so...
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« Reply #5 on: July 16, 2008, 05:26:06 PM »
Part of GWB's success in Florida 2004 was due to his brother's handling of hurricanes.
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« Reply #6 on: July 16, 2008, 11:50:20 PM »
Quote from: nclib on July 16, 2008, 05:26:06 PM
Part of GWB's success in Florida 2004 was due to his brother's handling of hurricanes.

indeed as GWB was just starting the not-so-good years of his administration.  He had a great first three years, then went down hill fast in early 2004.

I agree with go85bucks10 about the 9/11 connection to explain part of the difference between 2000 and 2004.
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« Reply #7 on: July 17, 2008, 09:14:42 AM »
Lieberman being a jew hurt Gore pretty much everywhere. Had it been Lieberman on top of the ticket Bush probably peels off a few normally solid dem states for his win.
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« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2008, 03:00:20 AM »
Do you think the whole state is retired NY Jews? Tons of the state is very hickish, the Jewish VP may've hurt Gore with some people.
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« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2008, 08:35:23 AM »
Quote from: Jacobtm on July 19, 2008, 03:00:20 AM
Do you think the whole state is retired NY Jews? Tons of the state is very hickish, the Jewish VP may've hurt Gore with some people.
I raised that exact point.
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« Reply #10 on: May 05, 2015, 10:42:22 PM »
Since Gore overperformed slightly in FL compared to Clinton 96 and Kerry 04, I would say yes it helped a bit, and would have helped more if not for the butterfly ballots in Palm Beach Co that were mistakenly marked for Buchanan, who overperformed in Palm Beach Co.
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« Reply #11 on: May 05, 2015, 10:44:13 PM »
He should have chosen Bob Graham instead.
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« Reply #12 on: May 05, 2015, 10:47:04 PM »
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