could clinton have won wyoming and kansas in 92?
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« on: July 19, 2011, 02:38:07 PM »

yes...had he tried (given the perot factor.)
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« Reply #1 on: July 19, 2011, 03:08:39 PM »

Yes, but why should he have? It's more worthwhile for him to focus on states worth something in the EC.
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« Reply #2 on: July 19, 2011, 03:13:05 PM »

No.
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« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2011, 12:42:03 PM »

Only if he ran with Bob Kerrey.
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« Reply #4 on: July 28, 2011, 09:52:05 PM »

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« Reply #5 on: July 29, 2011, 09:57:05 AM »

Does it matter?
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« Reply #6 on: July 30, 2011, 02:20:05 AM »

Yes, but why should he have? It's more worthwhile for him to focus on states worth something in the EC.

Every state is worth something in the Electoral College.

Bill Clinton could've won those two states had his national margin been the 8.52% that was result with his second. But, really, more like 9.50%. That would've given him Arizona and Florida (pickups in 1996), plus Kansas and Wyoming, along with North Carolina and Virginia. And George Bush would've failed to hold his home state of Texas which, prior to Clinton, carried for all winning Democrats. (Ditto N.C.) South Dakota would've been a pickup as well. And with those results, Indiana, North Dakota, and South Carolina would've been possible. With that higher margin, Clinton could've had a 40-state landslide.
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« Reply #7 on: July 30, 2011, 07:34:11 AM »

Yes, but why should he have? It's more worthwhile for him to focus on states worth something in the EC.

Every state is worth something in the Electoral College.
No state unwinnable before the point where you're certain to have an EC majority anyways is worth anything in the Electoral College. There are no cash prices for 40-state landslides. I suppose the state legislator or whatever who gets to cast an electoral vote gets something to tell his granchirren, but that's about it.
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« Reply #8 on: July 30, 2011, 11:23:54 AM »

Yes, but why should he have? It's more worthwhile for him to focus on states worth something in the EC.

Every state is worth something in the Electoral College.
No state unwinnable before the point where you're certain to have an EC majority anyways is worth anything in the Electoral College. There are no cash prices for 40-state landslides. I suppose the state legislator or whatever who gets to cast an electoral vote gets something to tell his granchirren, but that's about it.
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« Reply #9 on: July 30, 2011, 02:13:32 PM »

With that higher margin, Clinton could've had a 40-state landslide.

I'd never have guessed that.
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