bobloblaw
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« on: January 23, 2015, 06:09:50 PM » |
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1992 was realigning. It marked a movement from the GOP to the DEMs in big city suburbs. Like suburban Cook. Bucks, Delaware and Montgomery counties in PA, McComb, Monroe and Oakland in MI and Suffolk and Nassau in NY.
People here are underestimating the impact of the 1990-91 recession. While it was the second mildest recession upto that point from 1945 (1969-70 was milder), it was the first time large numbers of white collar employees lost their jobs. Companies that had never laid off anyone, did so. Delta, IBM. Plus there was the first downsizing of the aerospace and defense industires. Many GOP voters from 1968-88, moved away from the GOP (to Perot and Clinton) because of it.
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