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tpfkaw
wormyguy
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« on: October 26, 2011, 03:24:23 PM »
Except that Western Mass will throw a fit if a Western Mass district is eliminated.
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tpfkaw
wormyguy
Junior Chimp
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Posts: 9,118
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E: -0.58, S: 1.65
« Reply #1 on: November 01, 2011, 10:14:13 AM »
Quote from: lowtech redneck on October 31, 2011, 06:33:40 PM
Quote from: Occupy Eugene, Oregon on October 26, 2011, 03:24:23 PM
Except that Western Mass will throw a fit if a Western Mass district is eliminated.

What are they going to do, vote Republican?

Quite possibly.
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tpfkaw
wormyguy
Junior Chimp
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Posts: 9,118
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Political Matrix
E: -0.58, S: 1.65
« Reply #2 on: November 01, 2011, 10:47:14 AM »

Nope, merely having an understanding of Massachusetts politics.
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tpfkaw
wormyguy
Junior Chimp
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Posts: 9,118
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Political Matrix
E: -0.58, S: 1.65
« Reply #3 on: November 01, 2011, 11:09:59 AM »
This is the 1998 Massachusetts gubernatorial election.



This is the 1996 Massachusetts senate election.



The difference?  Paul Cellucci's running mate was Jane Swift, a State Senator from Western Mass.  Western Mass is extremely provincial in its voting patterns.  The reason why it switched from Republican to Democratic was not because of any switch in ideology, but simply because the collapse of the MA Republican Party meant that the Western Mass political machine had more to gain by voting Democratic than by being the base region of the Massachusetts Republicans.  Call back when you have a clue regarding what you're talking about.
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