Obama compared to other (2008) Democrats

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Basically just comparing patterns (if interesting) and seeing what can be seen there. Comments welcome; I'll make my own later.

West Virginia


Obama



Rockefeller


Manchin

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Interesting.  I look forward to seeing places like Georgia and New Hampshire.

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Kentucky


Obama



Lunsford

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New Jersey



Obama



Lautenberg

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Thanks for posting this Al. Much appreciated

Its no surprise that Obama underperformed in West Virginia, compared to Senator Rockefeller and Governor Manchin, likewise with Obama's performance in Kentucky. Should be interesting to see how Obama "stacks" up with the likes of Jeanne Shaheen in New Hampshire and Tom Allen in Maine.

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Minnesota



Obama


Franken

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Texas



Obama



Noriega

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Louisiana



Obama


Landrieu

[Lief 🗽]

Ah, so the whites in East Texas hate a hispanic a little less than they hate a black.

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Oregon



Obama



Merkley

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Washington



Obama



Gregoire

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Pennsylvania

Obama compared to the three Statewide Office candidates...

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Oregon



Obama



Merkley

Interesting visuals... The Merkely map is actually a fairly good demonstration of traditional Oregon voting patterns with Metro Portland+ Benton/Lane essentially opposed to most of the rest of the state. It is this pattern which has kept the state competitive for Republicans over the past few decades.

Part of the reason Democrats selected Merkely for their Senate candidate, was because he was seen as able to compete "downstate" by virtue of his Southern Oregon and timber industry background. In that regard, he was a failure.

What is truly interesting is that Obama was able to compete so well in medium-sized counties such as Marion (Salem), Jackson (Medford), and Deschuttes (Bend), as well as totally dominating in the normally 50-50 Portland suburbs. These are normally the areas, which combined with the Pdx suburbs can make the state competitive for Republicans in the first place.

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Oklahoma



Obama



Rice

Note that there was also an Independent candidate in the Senate race; not sure who he took votes from.

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Oklahoma



Obama



Rice

Note that there was also an Independent candidate in the Senate race; not sure who he took votes from.

Wallace is a conspiracy theorist who believes a corrupt judicial branch is ruling America from behind the scenes.

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Certainly a viable theory.

[Sam Spade]

Wallace's support seems pretty uniform, but naturally he ran better in the Southeast and the Far West of the state, percentage-wise, at least.