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Title: Why did McCain win four starss so strongly in the 2000 GOP primaries? Post by: darklordoftech on August 25, 2018, 11:41:11 PM Why did New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusettes, and Rhode Island go so strongly for McCain over W?
Title: Re: Why did McCain win four starss so strongly in the 2000 GOP primaries? Post by: libertpaulian on August 25, 2018, 11:44:18 PM Why did New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusettes, and Rhode Island go so strongly for McCain over W? Dubya, on the other hand, was a straight-up Southerner (at least optically speaking). He adopted the drawl, the lifestyle, and the cultural values. His campaign was a mish-mash of the Reagan Realignment and the religious right's "moral values" crusades. Secular New Englanders don't take too kindly to that style of campaigning or policy. Title: Re: Why did McCain win four starss so strongly in the 2000 GOP primaries? Post by: UWS on August 26, 2018, 09:27:14 AM Because McCain was more moderate than Bush.
Title: Re: Why did McCain win four starss so strongly in the 2000 GOP primaries? Post by: Thomas D on August 26, 2018, 03:45:44 PM I think at the time those were all states where Independent voters could vote in GOP Primaries. They went for McCain by a lot.
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