In Arkansas, racism cuts against Obama

[Donerail]

Really? The reason people are voting against him isn't some kind of "secret racism". It's because he's done an absolutely awful job as President. They've been hit hard by the recession, and blame the incumbent for it.

[Donerail]

Really? The reason people are voting against him isn't some kind of "secret racism". It's because he's done an absolutely awful job as President. They've been hit hard by the recession, and blame the incumbent for it.

Yeah and magically, people in Missouri, New Hampshire, etc have skipped the recession?

Among the lowest ten states by GDP per capita is Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Alabama, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Mississippi; highest 10 by poverty rate include Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Tennessee, and South Carolina (Kentucky and Georgia barely miss the threshold). These states, among the poorest in the nation, would logically be hit even harder by the recession, and thus bear more enmity towards the current incumbent.

[Donerail]

Really? The reason people are voting against him isn't some kind of "secret racism". It's because he's done an absolutely awful job as President. They've been hit hard by the recession, and blame the incumbent for it.

Yeah and magically, people in Missouri, New Hampshire, etc have skipped the recession?

Among the lowest ten states by GDP per capita is Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansas, Alabama, South Carolina, West Virginia, and Mississippi; highest 10 by poverty rate include Mississippi, Louisiana, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Tennessee, and South Carolina (Kentucky and Georgia barely miss the threshold). These states, among the poorest in the nation, would logically be hit even harder by the recession, and thus bear more enmity towards the current incumbent.

One wonders why they have the lowest GDP per capita...

More rural, less industry, little investment, low wages (particularly in areas like Appalachia and the Ozarks), low education rates, housing costs, farming becoming a tech/capital-based (not labor) business, lack of union influence, and too many Republicans running stuff, plus the long-term effects of Sherman/carpetbaggers and the Great Depression.

[Donerail]

I'm sure it does, but it's really not the only issue. He doesn't speak to them, doesn't know how and wouldn't be comfortable trying even if he did. That's just the way things are now.

Course, it's not like Cheesy Grits Mitt does much better... Turnout'll be pretty depressed in much of the South this year.