Sir Mohamed
MohamedChalid
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« on: January 04, 2018, 09:34:40 AM » |
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I just noted that Texas was Harry Truman's best state in 1948. He got almost 66% of the vote. This is even better than Johnson in the ’64 landslide, who won 63%. What were the reasons that Truman did so well here? That is surprising since there was a Thurmond's candidacy, who only got nine percent of the vote in the Lone Star State while he won 39 electoral votes from the Deep South. I think the margin itself is much more stunning than the fact that he actually carried the state. Worth mentioning is also that JFK in 1960 just barely carried the state, although he received roughly the same PV and EVs nationally and had a Texan running mate.
Perhaps Dewey, a moderate east coast dude, was just a horrible fit for the state and Truman appealed to farmers and rural voters?
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