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« on: February 02, 2011, 03:39:09 PM »
what congressional district in your opinion fits that mold? For the democrats, I would say CA 9, but I'm not sure who I would pick for the republicans.
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« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2011, 03:46:28 PM »
Alabama's 6th for the Republicans.
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« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2011, 04:04:02 PM »
Stereotypical poor Republican district - Kentucky 5th.

Stereotypical rich Republican district - New Jersey 11th.

Stereotypical poor Democratic district - NY 16th.

Stereotypical rich Democratic district - California 14th.
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« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2011, 05:05:56 PM »
Quote from: Guderian on February 02, 2011, 04:04:02 PM
Stereotypical poor Republican district - Kentucky 5th.

Stereotypical rich Republican district - New Jersey 11th.

Stereotypical poor Democratic district - NY 16th.

Stereotypical rich Democratic district - California 14th.

Agree with NY 16 and CA 14. However, a stereotype of a poor republican district is that it was held by democrats until recently. Kentucky 5 has been held by republicans for nearly 50 years. New Jersey 11th is basically a remnant of wealthy rockefeller republican strength. A stereotypical rich republican district would probably be more like Georgia 6, kind of a mcmansion noveau riche district.
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« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2011, 05:28:32 PM »
Well, can you really consider a district "stereotypical GOP" if it was recently held by Dems? That's why I went with Kentucky 5th, since it's so demographically similar to those recently Republicanized poor white districts in the South and Appalachia, but has actually been a GOP stronghold for a long time...

I kind of see your point on rich districts, but rich Republicans outside of the South and some interior West states are far more socially liberal than the folks that live in Georgia 6th...
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« Reply #5 on: February 02, 2011, 05:43:23 PM »
Quote from: Guderian on February 02, 2011, 05:28:32 PM
Well, can you really consider a district "stereotypical GOP" if it was recently held by Dems? That's why I went with Kentucky 5th, since it's so demographically similar to those recently Republicanized poor white districts in the South and Appalachia, but has actually been a GOP stronghold for a long time...

I kind of see your point on rich districts, but rich Republicans outside of the South and some interior West states are far more socially liberal than the folks that live in Georgia 6th...

     The stereotypical poor Republican today would have been a Democrat 50 years ago, so it seems reasonable to me to include a district that is not historically Republican to emblematize it.
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« Reply #6 on: February 02, 2011, 10:21:47 PM »
CA-08
OH-08


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« Reply #7 on: February 02, 2011, 10:51:15 PM »
LA-2 for the dem's. Or maybe stereotypical minority majority due to voting rights act dem district.
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« Reply #8 on: February 02, 2011, 10:56:43 PM »
GOP
PA-06 - Yea I know its like barely in the GOP collumn, but it has a little of everything that is willing to vote Republican, from working class voters to middle class suburbs.

TN-07 - Southern Suburb +Rural South (A common combo in many GOP districts)


NE-01 - Western, large land area, and heavily GOP district. WY-AL would work also.


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CA-08

GA-05


PA-14


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« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2011, 11:18:53 AM »
Most stereotypical Republican district: OK-03

Most stereotypical Democratic district: CA-08 probably outrages right-wing moral guardians the most, so that one.
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« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2011, 11:40:44 AM »
Quote from: Brandon H on February 02, 2011, 10:51:15 PM
LA-2 for the dem's. Or maybe stereotypical minority majority due to voting rights act dem district.

How are you supposed to not draw a majority black seat around New Orleans pre-Katrina? Has nothing to do with the Voting Rights Act in that case.
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« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2011, 02:13:21 PM »
Stereotypical Dem:

OH-17 (rustbelt)
CA-08 (liberal Pacifica)
NY-15 (Harlem)

Stereotypical Rep:

LA-01 (South)
NE-03 (rural)
CA-42 (suburbs and OC)
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« Reply #12 on: February 09, 2011, 06:34:35 PM »
GOP:  TN-1 - Ancestrally Republican, anti-big gov, socially conservative, still strongly GOP today.  I think Al Gore was the last Dem to win it.

Dem:  NY-15 or 16?
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« Reply #13 on: February 10, 2011, 12:32:19 AM »
« Edited: February 10, 2011, 12:34:50 AM by Stranger in a strange land »
Quote from: JoeyJoeJoe on February 09, 2011, 06:34:35 PM
GOP:  TN-1 - Ancestrally Republican, anti-big gov, socially conservative, still strongly GOP today.  I think Al Gore was the last Dem to win it.

Gore won it when he ran for Senate and got reelected. He certainly didn't win it during his presidential run in 2000. TN-01 and TN-02 are Unionist Strongholds which have never sent Democrats to Congress, not even during the FDR era.

EDIT: also, Phil Bredesen won every county in TN in 2006.
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« Reply #14 on: February 10, 2011, 11:30:58 AM »
Quote from: Stranger in a strange land on February 10, 2011, 12:32:19 AM
Quote from: JoeyJoeJoe on February 09, 2011, 06:34:35 PM
GOP:  TN-1 - Ancestrally Republican, anti-big gov, socially conservative, still strongly GOP today.  I think Al Gore was the last Dem to win it.

Gore won it when he ran for Senate and got reelected. He certainly didn't win it during his presidential run in 2000. TN-01 and TN-02 are Unionist Strongholds which have never sent Democrats to Congress, not even during the FDR era.

EDIT: also, Phil Bredesen won every county in TN in 2006.

That says more about Phil Bresden than it does about TN-1.  Besides, voting for popular, Conservative Democratic governors is more of a GOP pastime than voting against them really.  Those guys are usually the most popular politicians in the country.
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« Reply #15 on: February 10, 2011, 10:06:22 PM »
Oops on Bredesen.  I was referring to Gore's Senate race, not his Presidential campaigns, which I should have made clear.
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