Dems Can't Keep Losing Dixie

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Interesting; even after what has happened, I do still agree that we cannot write off the South.  We may not need it every time, but it is never a good idea to write off an entire region, especially one that is growing as quickly as the South.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Interesting; even after what has happened, I do still agree that we cannot write off the South.  We may not need it every time, but it is never a good idea to write off an entire region, especially one that is growing as quickly as the South.

Why is that? The Dems in 2008 could have written off every Southern state and still have taken in 300+ electoral votes.

In 2008, sure.  That doesn't mean the same will be true in 2012, or 2016, or 2024.  The South is gaining people, and that means it's gaining electoral votes, largely at the expense of the Northern states that are traditionally Democratic.  We'll be forfeiting more and more electoral votes by ignoring the South.  Ignoring the South, too, means ignoring Congressional pick-up opportunities in states like North Carolina, Florida, and, eventually, Texas.  We've made great strides in 2006 and 2008; let's not waste them down the line.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

The Republicans did that for a century and remained the dominant party, eh?

The South did not comprise nearly as high a percentage of the electoral college as it does today.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Your point being?

That MD, DC, and DE are not part of the South.

[Kaine for Senate '18]

Republicans can't keep losing the North.

Neither Party can afford to write off an entire Region.