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Lasher

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3. They need to distance themselves from Obama to win the election.
Tue Jun 19, 2012, 11:48 AM
Jun 2012

Last edited Tue Jun 19, 2012, 01:58 PM - Edit history (1)

And their only prospective replacements are not true and progressive Democrats. They are three Republican opponents who would make GWB look like FDR.

You need to understand more about demographics. Fact is that West Virginia is an overwhelmingly white state, so those votes cannot be offset by black and Hispanic votes like in other southern and border states. Obama got 41% of the West Virginia white vote in 2008 (only 2% lower than his national average with white voters), but there is little else to offset that there.

Now look at North Carolina, which Obama won. He got 35% of the white vote, but there were enough blacks and Hispanics to offset that.

In Virginia, also a blue state, Obama won 39% of the white vote. Same phenomenon at work here.

West Virginia

North Carolina

Virginia

Thanks and a hat tip to bluestateguy for having conducted this demographics research

All of them are useless Woody Woodpecker Jun 2012 #1
They need to distance themselves from Obama to win the election. Lasher Jun 2012 #3
No they don't. MadAnne Jun 2012 #4
So, who are you voting for in the WV US Senate race this November? Lasher Jun 2012 #6
I'm not. MadAnne Jun 2012 #7
Worse even than his Republican opponent, John Raese? Lasher Jun 2012 #8
Yep MadAnne Jun 2012 #9
+1000 feilm95262se Jul 2012 #12
invertibrates - no fucking spine. rurallib Jun 2012 #2
Democratic Pretenders hiding behind "Big Money" contributions! Kteachums Jun 2012 #5
Welcome to DU, Kteachums! Staph Jun 2012 #10
It's nice to see you here Staph! Kteachums Jul 2012 #14
They might as well... Hubert Flottz Jul 2012 #11
kick feilm95262se Jul 2012 #13
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