2004 Democratic Primary

[DarthKosh]

I'm not so sure that GOP votes at the state level equals a majority for Bush in 2004.  I doubt that many of those Republicans were as socially conservative as Bush.  
That being said, I think the idea of Bush picking up Iowa, Wisconsin, New Mexico, Oregon, and Minnesota is a good hypothesis.  Not only were totals close in those places in 2000, but self-identification as a Republican is up in some.

And the lack of a strong dem canidate doesn't hurt.

[DarthKosh]

Or you could ask Clinton, who raised taxes on the wealthy in 1993, which of course doomed his chances of reelection....

Raising taxes on the wealthy wouldn't be a big political problem. Dean and Gephardt both want to raise taxes on the middle class, which could be harmful to them.

Not a big problem?  The Dems lost both houses after that.

[DarthKosh]

Ohio will Stay GOP as the Rest of the States But Bush Might Pick up Washighton Oregon & Minnestoa & Iowa

wASHington is dem country as of now and i think it whould stay that way till 04 and beyond

That all depends on who is the Dem nom.

[DarthKosh]

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the major candidates ,dean,gep,clark,edwards,kerry whould win washington

Dean could turn off swing voters.

[DarthKosh]

so could of gore

Gore was not campaign as far left and was as angry as Dean is.

[DarthKosh]

Gore was not campaign as far left and was as angry as Dean is.

I thought a lot of people thought Gore was "angry". Look at what he did during the debates. All the sighing and eye rolling. Dean hasn't really shown an "angry side" as much as many think.

Gore is a little kitten compared to Dean.

[DarthKosh]

Gore is a little kitten compared to Dean.

What has Dean done to appear so angry? I've seen him appear miffed a few times, usually after one of the other Democratic candidates bash him though. When has he appeared to be angry?

I haven't yet heard say anythin postive.  All he says is that the country is going to hell in a hand basket.

[DarthKosh]

Anyone see Capitol Report?

The GOP guy was keeping Dean alive and talking about him being nominee and Joe Lockhart for the Dems was running Dean downa nd talking about his electability.

The Dems know that Dean is going to be a disaster for them.

[DarthKosh]

I feel that the media leans neither left or right, but rather in favor of profits (since they are after all businesses). Sometimes the pursuit of profits leads them to temporarily lean left or right, but no media outlet can afford to let its political leanings consistently come ahead of profits.

I think that it leans left and it is noticable.

[DarthKosh]

I care!
Look... redistricting can really f*** up political maps.
Example:

PA-14 is the old PA-18 with Pittsburgh added to it.
PA-18 has nothing to do with the old PA-18.

They just renumbered some of the districts.  They did this in Arizona as well.

[DarthKosh]

That really confused me

Mine didn't change so it didn't confuse me.

[DarthKosh]

Districting is really terrible. They should have proportional representatoin on the state for congress level and sequential run-off on the state for president level.

It's fine the way it is.

[DarthKosh]

Under the current plurality system of determining a state's electors, you could have a candidate carry all of a state's electoral votes with only a third of it's popular vote. Thus if Perot won 33% in Montana in 1992, Bush H.W. won 33%-1, and Clinton won 33%+1, the whole state goes for Clinton even though 67%-1 voted against him! Surely there is something undemocratic about that.

Similarly, districting has made about 90% of Congressional seats uncompetitive.

So?

[DarthKosh]

How many Inderpendents are in office?

1-Bernie Sanders of vermont, who is a socialist.

That tells you alot about Vermont.

[DarthKosh]

I've almost got the next 5 done, sorry it's been a bit slow but it's exam time at the moment...
I've changed the name of Hall's seat after checking an atlas for the name of the river.

I'd wait on the names until the lines are finished.