Donald Ian Rankin
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Sat Jun-14-08 07:23 AM
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When did the Democrats last win more land area in a presidential election? |
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I was just looking at a map of state-by-state opinion polling for the upcoming presidential election, and I am struck by the fact that even with Obama ahead in the polls, McCain still looks set to win more land area - unsurprisingly, given that urban areas usually vote Democrat and rural ones are more likely to go Republican.
We get the same phenomenon in the UK - 1997 was a massive Labour landslide, but if the vote had been by acreage rather than by name, the Tories would still have won.
Does anyone know when last - or if ever - the Democrats won states with more than 50% of the US's land area?
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Sat Jun-14-08 08:09 AM
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1. Good question, one I've pondered myself. I think that this election will set a new |
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record in this area because Obama has the potential to reach more rural areas.
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Sat Jun-14-08 08:13 AM
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Sat Jun-14-08 08:16 AM
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3. Republican Morans do like to make that argument. |
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"Look at all that red on the map!" They need to be reminded that cornfields and cows don't vote.
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