Kentucky 2003

[Nym90]

Hmm, that's an interesting question, Kevin. The 1999 results in those counties really seem to have been anomalies, as those counties all voted for Gore in 2000 as well. Maybe that is Martin's home area? Either that, or there must have been a particular issue that Democratic voters in that area were angry with Patton about. Otherwise it does seem curious that Martin carried those counties since he got trounced in the rest of the state.

[Nym90]

I don't know if the Democrat vote was depressed in Virginia...Gore actually didn't do that badly for a Democrat there (only lost by 8 points) and the shift toward the GOP from 1996 was less than the national average. Gore's vote may have been depressed in rural Virginia, but he did pretty well in the DC suburbs (just as he did in most other suburbs of large cities). In Connecticut, another factor was that Lieberman was on the Dem ticket as Gore's running mate.

[Nym90]

The new Governor of Kentucky.