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MichMan

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32. If only Al Gore would have won his home state of Tennessee....

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Sat Oct 6, 2018, 07:29 AM

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20 years ago West Virginia was a blue state [View all] standingtall Oct 2018 OP

I remember Gore being ripped for losing that state Awsi Dooger Oct 2018 #1

Still gets same amount of senators Virginia does standingtall Oct 2018 #4

The nation is 36% conservative 27% liberal and the rest moderate Awsi Dooger Oct 2018 #10

Im more concerned with winning the senate seats there standingtall Oct 2018 #14

I dispute those figures too shanny Oct 2018 #24

But 8 fewer House members oberliner Oct 2018 #31

If Gore would of just won New Hampshire he would of been president ProudDem314 Oct 2018 #7

new hampshire was one of the states targeted by those who said no difference JI7 Oct 2018 #11

Exactly. But that was conveniently ignored as Gore was pilloried for perceived shortcomings. nt Blue_true Oct 2018 #22

it probably also meant some people didn't think Bush was as bad JI7 Oct 2018 #26

If only Al Gore would have won his home state of Tennessee.... MichMan Oct 2018 #32

Tennessee has changed. Trump was humiliated in his home state. DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2018 #34

In just 8 years? MichMan Oct 2018 #37

Haven't subsequent presidential elections demonstrated how much Tennessee has changed ? DemocratSinceBirth Oct 2018 #38

That's true MichMan Oct 2018 #39

and California had Reagan and Nixon and passed anti immigration law. things don't always stay the JI7 Oct 2018 #2

It was primary in which the candidate had no chance in winning standingtall Oct 2018 #5

huh ? why did almost half the democrats vote for a prison inmate over Obama ? JI7 Oct 2018 #8

I do not believe half of registerd Democrats in the state voted for an inmate over Obama standingtall Oct 2018 #15

sorry, but these are democratic voters . it says something that almost half voted for a prison JI7 Oct 2018 #16

West Virginia has a race problem that is not in dispute standingtall Oct 2018 #17

we didn't give up. they decided opposition to civil rights was more important than economic issues JI7 Oct 2018 #19

Did you even listen? Half of the people that showed up to vote. Blue_true Oct 2018 #28

West Virginia is different. It wasn't a blue State because it was liberal. OhioBlue Oct 2018 #3

Might not be able to shift their sentiments over same sex couples but standingtall Oct 2018 #6

they already know the issues. if they prefer to vote to take away rights from lgbt JI7 Oct 2018 #9

when unions get gutted, things change SoCalDem Oct 2018 #12

This is soooo true!!!!!!!!!!!! bluestarone Oct 2018 #36

I remember reading about that Awsi Dooger Oct 2018 #13

Bingo. Conservative "blue" was always conservative red. Hortensis Oct 2018 #18

that's why Kim Davis was a registered Democrat and Kentucky had(maybe still has) more registered JI7 Oct 2018 #20

:) Tradition! Democrat means something very different to them. Hortensis Oct 2018 #25

West Virginia is screwed for the shorterm. Blue_true Oct 2018 #21

WV was a Dixiecrat type state, it was never Blue! quadtetra Oct 2018 #23

By that logic there never was a blue state before 2000 standingtall Oct 2018 #27

In the short term, we don't need to compete in that state. We NEED a Democratic Senator from Squinch Oct 2018 #29

+100 bronxiteforever Oct 2018 #30

I believe that Democrats can still compete there. It won't be easy though. themaguffin Oct 2018 #33

When the unions died, we lost a lot of blue collar support... Wounded Bear Oct 2018 #35