But trust somebody who lives in Georgia- there are many, many people who are convinced he is a Muslim. Not that is should matter what his religion is anyway....
And I just want to clear something up once and for all- not every Obama hater in the south hates him solely because of his race. People who don't live in the south seem to think that this is the only hangup people have. More than anything, they hate him because he is a DEMOCRAT. The same people who have foamed at the mouth over Obama were just as hostile towards John Kerry and most other leading Dems since Clinton. In fact, Kerry performed just as badly with white Georgians as did Obama, give or take a few points. These people have been conditioned to believe that pretty much every Democrat is godless, socialist, elitist and a hypocrite. Obama just happens to fit the caricature very well. And it's even worse because Obama is the first Democratic president who didn't even bother to pander to the bubba vote, unlike Clinton, Carter, Johnson, Kennedy etc, so they feel totally detached from him.
John Kerry was the definitive d@mnyankee city-slicker before Barack Obama came along. Al Gore forgot or ignored his Southern roots. Hillary Clinton loses Georgia and all of the South except Florida, Virginia, and perhaps North Carolina if she ignores such political wisdom as the South has displayed in the past. Being a d@mnyankee city-slicker is one sure way to lose the white vote in the Mountain and Deep South.
Barack Obama has not done great harm to the economic interests of white Southerners. Getting America out of the worst economic meltdown since 1929-1932 is quite an achievement. Getting America out of bungled wars without disgrace is remarkable. Running on the achievements of President Obama without mentioning you-know-who is the best strategy possible. It still might not work in Georgia (or Arkansas, Louisiana, Kentucky, Tennessee, or West Virginia.
That said, Barack Obama won despite losing Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Tennessee, and West Virginia... badly... twice, and Georgia and Missouri badly in 2012. The states probably fall in this order:
202 New Mexico
207 Minnesota
217 Nevada
223 Wisconsin
233 Iowa
239 New Hampshire
243 Colorado
252 Pennsylvania
272 Virginia
285 Ohio
303 Florida
332 North Carolina
347 Missouri
357 Georgia
373 Arizona
385 Indiana
The number before the state indicates the number of electoral votes that the Democratic nominee wins before winning the state in question.
