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Why did W only win by single digits vs Gore in Louisiana in 2000?
Posted on 11/14/18 at 2:30 pm
Posted on 11/14/18 at 2:30 pm
Al gore was a terrible fit for the state, his environmental policies would have affected the LA economy by a large amount, he was socially liberal and sjw, yet still a bunch of baws chose him over W. Ever since then, the state has grown more and more republican, but al gore won or did well in some regions of lousiana that democrats now do atrocious in.
Did W do something on the campaign trail that angered swamp folks?
Did W do something on the campaign trail that angered swamp folks?
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Posted on 11/14/18 at 2:31 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
The move from Dem to Repub hadn't really started yet in LA.
Posted on 11/14/18 at 2:33 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
A bunch of old white dems hadnt switched to repubs yet
Now they have
Now they have
Posted on 11/14/18 at 2:38 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
W wasn't a spectacular candidate.
Gore was VP with a fairly popular POTUS. The question should be "why didn't Gore run away with the election?" And the answer is the media couldn't provide enough cover for him. The man is a lunatic and would have been disastrous.
Posted on 11/14/18 at 2:38 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Probably the last time liberals and conservatives voted for the same candidate
Posted on 11/14/18 at 2:38 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
2000 candidate Al Gore is 100% different than today's Al Gore. Bush and Gore actually ran a very similar campaign and agreed on many issues. He was always a turd, but that wasn't exposed until after that election.
Anyway, here's a pic of man-bear-pig
Anyway, here's a pic of man-bear-pig
This post was edited on 11/14/18 at 2:40 pm
Posted on 11/14/18 at 2:40 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Gore got the black vote like every Dem has, so that’s a baseline of 35% of the LA electorate. The rest was a little residual effect of LA’s Cajun Dem tradition started by Huey Long, which is now thankfully almost gone.
This post was edited on 11/14/18 at 2:41 pm
Posted on 11/14/18 at 2:41 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Louisiana voted for Clinton both times. still a lot of bluedog democrats in the state. La has gone further and further right in each election with King Cock Trump winning by 20%
Posted on 11/14/18 at 2:42 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
The last election before cable talk shows and social media really gained major influence. One could argue 2004 was the last for social media. Things have gotten infinitely more polarized since.
i.e. 2000 was the end of the somewhat sane times.
i.e. 2000 was the end of the somewhat sane times.
This post was edited on 11/14/18 at 2:44 pm
Posted on 11/14/18 at 2:49 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
tell me why algore lost his home state in that election...
Posted on 11/14/18 at 2:51 pm to Cosmo
quote:
A bunch of old white dems hadnt switched to repubs yet Now they have
True that. One of my good friends from Lafayette, typical country boy but still had that Dem holdover mentality at that time. No longer, far from it.
Posted on 11/14/18 at 3:14 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Didn't we have 2 DEM senators at that time? Landrieu and Breaux? We also elected Mamaw Blanco in 2004. The solid red movement was not yet solidified.
Posted on 11/14/18 at 3:28 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Clinton won the state in 1992 and 1996, we still had 2 democratic senators in 2000 as well in Landreu and Breaux and our governor was Mike Foster, the first republican since 1984 in Dave Treen. And Foster was a democrat recently turned republican, and we followed up two Foster terms with Blanco and her Katrina failure....
This post was edited on 11/14/18 at 3:32 pm
Posted on 11/14/18 at 3:32 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Why do you start these stupid threads asking questions about old events? W won by a considerable margin considering Clinton won Louisiana in 1992 and 1996.
Social issues weren't as big of an issue in 2000 as they are today. Democrats emphasis on social issues and driving hard to the left is what really drove the South to solid Republican starting in 2000 and solidifying in 2004.
Social issues weren't as big of an issue in 2000 as they are today. Democrats emphasis on social issues and driving hard to the left is what really drove the South to solid Republican starting in 2000 and solidifying in 2004.
Posted on 11/14/18 at 4:08 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Union controlled
Posted on 11/14/18 at 4:13 pm to Cosmo
quote:
A bunch of old white dems hadnt switched to repubs yet
Now they have
Reagan won his second election here by nearly 20 percentage points. Bush Sr. won by 10.
Posted on 11/14/18 at 4:15 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Louisiana unions love Democrats. 
Posted on 11/14/18 at 4:20 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
quote:Because at the time, he had not yet been exposed for the total arse-clown he is today. Please - somebody - tell me how he got on Apple's BOD....
Why did W only win by single digits vs Gore in Louisiana in 2000?
Posted on 11/14/18 at 4:25 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
Now you understand why Bush blew the levees up.
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