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FascismIsDeath

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27. Kentucky is a lot like West Virginia with the exception that it has a real actual city or 2 with and isn't as white.

Reply to standingtall (Reply #23)

Sun May 17, 2026, 04:03 PM

17 hrs ago

I'm aware that there are some demographical changes there and it would be nice if it were shifting.

But its another state where, because of a strong union coal miner's union presence in the past, it could lean more Democratic at times.

Both Kentucky and West Virginia have a storied history with the fight for unionization and Democrats benefitting from being on the side of labor during that era. But once out of state corps starting buying up the mining operations, dismantling unions and automating coals jobs nearly out of existence, a lot started to change. There may be hope for Kentucky yet, but as a native WVian, I don't feel any hope for a substantial change there for a long, long time.

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Democratic turnout was pretty strong in Louisiana. Can we flip it? [View all] Quiet Em 20 hrs ago OP

If the fundraiaing for the dems can get tripled or quintupled there might be a chance SSJVegeta 20 hrs ago #1

No, the problem there isn't money . It's that it's a very red state JI7 20 hrs ago #2

It is a very red state because democrats have done little to appeal to people and make it otherwise. SSJVegeta 20 hrs ago #3

No, it's not messaging . Obama lost the state also. Some people are just very right wing and they have different JI7 20 hrs ago #6

Obama did not campaign in Louisiana in the GE in 2008 or 2012. SSJVegeta 20 hrs ago #9

I like in a blue dot in Ohio but grew up in Southern, WV. Some places are just culturally Republican right now. FascismIsDeath 20 hrs ago #8

Ossoff, Jon Bel Edwards, Talarico, Warnock, Beshear, SSJVegeta 19 hrs ago #10

Only 2 of those qualify really. FascismIsDeath 19 hrs ago #11

All count as the south or red states. You can find many ways to discount success of candidates SSJVegeta 19 hrs ago #12

Yes but not all of them are dominated by "conservative culture". North Carolina has been in swing state territory for... FascismIsDeath 18 hrs ago #14

Obama nearly won missouri and had a Dem Governor and senator fairly recently. SSJVegeta 18 hrs ago #17

You are talking about events that happened 1-2 generations ago though. FascismIsDeath 18 hrs ago #25

But my point is to examine how they became that way in the first place SSJVegeta 17 hrs ago #26

Andy Beshear is not the only Democratic Governor of Kentucky in recent memory standingtall 18 hrs ago #23

Kentucky is a lot like West Virginia with the exception that it has a real actual city or 2 with and isn't as white. FascismIsDeath 17 hrs ago #27

If Texas is not a red State, but a suppressed State standingtall 18 hrs ago #18

All of those southern states suppress the black vote. FascismIsDeath 18 hrs ago #24

Ossoff and Warnock would have no chance in Louisiana. JI7 18 hrs ago #13

Instituional and cultural barriers exist. I get it. SSJVegeta 18 hrs ago #15

Which Democrats don't run on supporting the working class ? JI7 18 hrs ago #16

Perhaps you misunderatand me. I did not say there is trouble supporting the working class by dems SSJVegeta 18 hrs ago #19

Bel Edwards opposed abortion rights JI7 18 hrs ago #20

Yes. One of the reasons he appealed to the working class there. SSJVegeta 18 hrs ago #21

Yes, and abortion restrictions hurt the working class economically JI7 18 hrs ago #22

In theory, but it will be tough EdmondDantes_ 20 hrs ago #4

Democratic turnout in the Louisiana Senate Primary was lower than Republican turnout. sop 20 hrs ago #5

The state also lost a large number of the black population after Katrina and they haven't returned JI7 20 hrs ago #7