ElectionsGuy
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« on: June 12, 2019, 12:02:43 PM » |
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In this type of county, yes, Obama was the reason it swung so hard Republican in 2008 (and not much after). That's not to say it's entirely racism, but they realized when Obama got the nomination the type of Democratic party that they supported for their entire lives was over and a more progressive direction would ensue. It does seem racial when they stuck around to support even John Kerry but swung hard against Obama and then stayed relatively consistent afterward (or just got a little more Republican). Little Dixie in Oklahoma and East Texas also behaved like this, so I'm hesitant to say its just racism instead of a regional explained pattern. In places where economic hardships explained hard Republican trends, they continued trending hard Republican through 2016 (Appalachia). Not here.
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