Is the GOP no longer a "national party"?

[phillybri]

All this talk from Zell Miller about the Democratic Party not being a national party because of its lack of focus on the South made me wonder....

Since Bush only won ONE northeastern state in 2000 (New Hampshire), is the Republican party no longer a national party? Wouldn't the same standard have to apply? Especially since so much of this nation's population is located in the Northeast?

Food for thought....

:dem:

[maddezmom]

1. great point

:)

[phillybri]

2. No insights here?

Come on, people!!!

[David__77]

3. Perhaps more importantly...

The party is ideologically fracturing. In the northeast, relatively centrist candidates manage to be elected. If the GOP continues to slide rightward, which in a way we should hope for, they'll be locked out of that region, as well as the west. Note that the actor's election in CA was as a centrist as well. I think that soon the rightists will get impatient and demand anti-abortion legislation at the federal level or more egregious actions. If they do, they lose their majority certainly.

[CMT]

4. your point is an excellent one

All the pundits can do is talk about how the Democrats are losing Southern states while ignoring that while the GOP is gaining strength in the South it is losing strength in other parts of the country. Here is an example comparing the 1976 election to 2000.

In the Northeast President Ford, the GOP nominee won:
Connecticut
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Maine
Vermont

In 2000 in the Northeast, Bush won:
New Hampshire.

In the Midwest in 1976 Ford won:
Illinois
Michigan
Iowa
South Dakota
North Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Indiana


In the Midwest in 2000, Bush won:
Indiana
Ohio
North Dakota
South Dakota
Kansas
Nebraska

In the West in 1976, Ford won:
California
Oregon
Washington
Idaho
Colorado
Utah
Alaska
Wyoming
New Mexico
Arizona
Nevada
Montana

In the West in 2000, Bush won:
Idaho
Colorado
Utah
Alaska
Wyoming
Arizona
Nevada
Montana

GOP strength since the '76 has grown in the south, but especially since 1988 has weakened considerably in the other parts of the country. I think this is as important a story, but the press ignores it.
Oh