Sam Spade
SamSpade
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« on: July 05, 2005, 11:04:13 PM » |
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And the point of this is?
Carter (the Democrat) won 2 percentage points nationally.
Bush (the Republican) won by 2.5 percentage points nationally.
In my book, that's a 4.5% swing towards the Republicans if we want to use this comparison.
Picking two states out of 50 to make the comparisons doesn't make that top figure look any better. After all, compare Alabama, West Virginia, Arkansas, Kentucky and Tennessee (to give some prime examples) from 1976 to 2004 and things don't look so good for the Democrats on the basis of social issues.
JJ's point is also partially correct, in general terms at least.
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