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soniquemd21921
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« on: November 08, 2012, 12:41:16 PM »

Is this area starting to go the way of Vermont and western Massachusetts? It re-elected it's first Democratic congressman again, and Obama did better than he did in 2008 here. Yet just 10-15 years ago this region was solidly Republican (as it had been since the 1850's).

What's going on in this area? Is it seeing an influx of liberal city types the way it's neighboring state did?

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soniquemd21921
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	Re: Northern New York « Reply #1 on: November 12, 2012, 07:33:26 PM »
	« Edited: November 12, 2012, 08:31:52 PM by soniquemd21921 »

I often wonder if the old Yankee Republican strongholds would still be Republican (or at least competitive) had the "southern drift" never happened.

But consider how in 1972, despite the Southern Strategy, Nixon had no problem sweeping Landon Country (he topped 60% in ME, NH, VT, upstate NY and northern PA)...

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