Why can moderate republicans win in red states but not the other way around? (user search)

Cashew
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	Why can moderate republicans win in red states but not the other way around? « on: October 28, 2016, 03:09:22 PM »
	« edited: November 21, 2016, 04:55:02 PM by Cashew »

Edit: i'm reviving this, and wording it better too.

Why can down-ticket republicans perform decently in (atlas) red states, but not the other way around?

Are Democratic states just innately more elastic?

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Cashew
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Re: Why can moderate republicans win in red states but not the other way around?

« Reply #1 on: November 21, 2016, 04:56:32 PM »

Quote from: realisticidealist on October 31, 2016, 11:36:01 PM

Plenty of Dems have won in "red" states since 2010: Nixon, Bullock, Donnelly, Heitkamp, McCaskill, Manchin, Bel Edwards, Beshear, Tomblin, Beebe...

Many of those had family in politics, and name recognition.

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Cashew
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Re: Why can moderate republicans win in red states but not the other way around?

« Reply #2 on: November 22, 2016, 02:01:19 PM »

Quote from: ApatheticAustrian on November 22, 2016, 01:11:00 PM

i think the thread is spot-on.

ofc dems can win in republican states but it's much harder and needs much more luck/ressources/ name recog/gaffes than the other way around.

just look at the map...which states are out of reach for down-ticket republicans? (hint: not maryland/illinois/mass.....)

And Vermont.

Can somebody give me a scenario where democrats are competititive in the republican equivalents of Wyoming, Alabama, South Carolina, Tennessee?

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