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  In what part of America did John Kerry seriously underpeform expectations? (search mode)
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« on: August 17, 2019, 05:54:43 PM »
« edited: August 17, 2019, 05:59:53 PM by North Fulton Swing »

The two states where he didn't do as expected: Florida (he was leading by 1-2 points in several polls going into Election Day) and North Carolina (where John Edwards didn't help whatsoever).  He was competitive in Nevada but fell short.    Interestingly, there's some discussion in the 2004 section that discusses West Virginia--in which Kerry was initially within range (how times have changed!) but pulled out resources early.

In hindsight, however, Kerry did rather well--had a significant GOTV effort (the Republicans did as well and had several anti-gay initiatives in states that got out their base).    He wasn't the greatest candidate but he did well in the debates--and he came within 118,000 votes to take Ohio and the election (and he did overperform in much of the Midwest).
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