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« on: April 17, 2014, 10:41:50 PM » |
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These are the states with the narrowest margins that year:
Kentucky: D+0.96%
Nevada: D+1.02%
Georgia: R+1.17%
Colorado: R+1.37%
Virginia: R+1.96%
Arizona: D+2.22%
Dole lost FL, MO and OH by decent margins, but I'd assume he devoted considerable attention to them since they are such go-to swing states (at least MO was at the time, less so now).
Of the list above, I'd imagine Arizona was more of a surprise upset than a battleground. If anything, Clinton's 96 win there has convinced Democrats that Arizona is their "next pick up" and it never actually is.
I recall reading somewhere that Clinton really badly wanted to win Virginia and North Carolina in both of his campaigns and poured a lot of money into those states, only to lose both of them both times. I think he wanted to be able to say he won a majority of the Southern states.
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