Galactic Overlord
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« on: November 09, 2005, 10:11:54 PM » |
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Kilgore was noticably weaker in the suburbs. He got killed in Fairfax, not that he was going to win it anyway, but he did even worse than Earley. He also lost in the suburban areas in the northwest, the areas around Richmond, and in the southeast. Kilgore was successful in winning back rural counties that Warner won, but it couldn't make up that suburban deficit. Kaine either appealed more to suburban voters, or "movement" conservatives in the suburbs weren't satisified with Kilgore and didn't turn out.
This is something Republican candidates need to watch out for. The successful ones put together a coalition of suburban and rural votes that typically overrule the urban Democratic areas. In Louisiana, my current congressman, Bobby Jindal, won the suburbs in his 2003 gubernatorial race by large margins, but lost the vast majority of rural areas, and thus lost the race.
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