Fmr. Gov. NickG
NickG
Junior Chimp
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« on: November 08, 2004, 05:24:29 PM » |
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« edited: November 08, 2004, 05:28:31 PM by Gov. NickG »
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Vorlon's point is absolutely true...the Democrats were much more focused on swing states and swing voters, and it worked...despite a big gain for Bush in the popular vote, they held on to almost all of Gore's close states in 2000, and in many of these states, won independents by double digits. Kerry just couldn't quite overcome the strong nationwide turnout by Republicans.
This demographics of this election bode well for the Democrats' Electoral College hopes in the future. But they bode extremely poorly for their hopes of retaking the Senate. Bush won 26 states by more than 6%, although these states have only 222 electoral votes.
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