What Democrats can flip the south/Which Republicans can flip the West and NE

[DeSantis4Prez]

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[TML]

If the Democrats want to win the South, they need to nominate a WASP candidate from one of the southern states. That was the case with candidates like Lyndon B. Johnson, Jimmy Carter, and Bill Clinton.

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Assuming he managed to make it out of the primary without changing any of his positions, John Bel Edwards would be competitive in basically every Southern state (save for Oklahoma), and would probably win Louisiana, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida in a close election.


Someone like Charlie Baker or Phil Scott could plausibly win New Hampshire, Maine At-Large (and CD-2) as well as maybe Connecticut and Rhode Island (Vermont and Massachusetts are basically unwinnable for the GOP barring a massive landslide).  maybe Kasich could win Oregon if he was winning nationally by 7-8%. 

[Kingpoleon]

Sen. Caroline Fayard/Gov. Robert Kennedy Jr. would carry over the Deep South and the Atlantic part of the South, and I think a Mayor Nicole Malliotakis/Sen. Brian Sandoval ticket would carry over parts of the North and West.

[PoliticalJunkie23]

In this extremely partisan time we're living in, I don't really think either can happen. But if it were to happen, John Bel Edwards would probably be the most plausible candidate for the Democrats to win in the South, even though I don't see him winning outside of Florida, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, and maybe Louisiana. If the GOP wants to win in New England, their best bet would be Charlie Baker running against a poor Democratic candidate. If that were the scenario, I can see the Republicans winning New Hampshire, Maine, and MAYBE Connecticut and Massachusetts. Rhode Island is unlikely and they don't have a chance in Vermont.

[Lechasseur]

Assuming he managed to make it out of the primary without changing any of his positions, John Bel Edwards would be competitive in basically every Southern state (save for Oklahoma), and would probably win Louisiana, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida in a close election.


Someone like Charlie Baker or Phil Scott could plausibly win New Hampshire, Maine At-Large (and CD-2) as well as maybe Connecticut and Rhode Island (Rhode Island, Vermont and Massachusetts are basically unwinnable for the GOP barring a massive landslide).  maybe Kasich could win Oregon if he was winning nationally by 7-8%. 

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[Dr. MB]

It would have to be someone from there. Especially with the south. And it's beneficial if it's a three-way race (that's how Clinton won most of the south in '92 and '96, after all). But even he couldn't win Mississippi or Alabama, and that's back when both still had Democratic Governors/Senators.

If someone like John Bel Edwards or Roy Cooper or, if any southern state elects a Democratic governor in 2018 were to run, they could win Virginia, NC, SC, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, and possibly Texas if everything went well.

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Every single person in the country flips between the Democrat/Republican party at once would cause this to happen.