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DariusNJ
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« on: May 16, 2010, 06:36:23 PM »



I'm glad you brought that up. Arkansas was no longer winnable for the Clintons, hence the escape to NY where they'd be welcome. West Virginia is about as winnable for the democrats as Kansas nowadays. Virginia was due to Obama and Kaine being close and Kaine helping alot. Florida is a few points to the right of the nation and Obama only won it by a couple of points whereas Hillary Clinton was a weaker candidate. Ohio? well that would depend on voter turnout.

So many things wrong with this, don't know where to start.

1) Clinton would have won Arkansas, Rasmussen (your favorite pollster) showed Clinton winning the state easily against McCain, while that same poll showed Obama losing by 15-20 points, which was accurate.

2) If she could win Arkansas, she would win West Virginia easily.

3) Virginia was due to heavy black turnout and voters in the liberal areas in Northern Virginia, not Kaine. If there were any coattails, they were from Warner and they were small.

4) Florida has an elderly population, favoring Hillary. Not to mention Hillary would have gotten much more support among Northern Florida whites.

5) Ohio would vote for Clinton by more than it voted for Obama, her base, rural blue collar workers, would have made this state a pretty easy win.
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