old timey villain
cope1989
Jr. Member
Posts: 1,741
|
 |
« on: March 13, 2013, 11:04:44 PM » |
|
The realignment really began in 1992, with a southerner like Clinton dominating in the northeast, upper midwest ,and west coast but only managing to win a handful of southern states. It accelerated in 1996 with Clinton improving in the "liberal" states but losing ground in southern and rural states. I believe even Arkansas trended against him.
2000 was the first election where the trend really became apparent because it was a southerner running against a southerner. It also seemed like the first campaign where the Democrat had a strictly urban appeal and the Republican had a strictly rural appeal which has been the norm since then.
|
