Why did Bush flip so many counties?

[darklordoftech]

Lewinsky, religion, guns, environmentalism, Gore lacking Clinton's southern charm, Dubya's southern/western charm, no Gingrich for Gore to scare the elderly with, the usual 8-year party switch, lack of Clinton's incumbency effect, Gore running away from Clinton.

[darklordoftech]

Columbine also did far more to inspire social conservative panic about culture than gun control efforts, so that tragedy probably boosted Bush a bit.

What was Columbine's role in inspiring social conservative panic about culture? Joe Lieberman, who was Gore's running mate, was the leader of the "video games cause children to become violent" movement.