buritobr
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2016, 03:11:52 PM » |
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It is easy to be anti-bellwheter a state that always votes for the same party. A state that used to vote D between 1952 and 1988 and a state that keeps voting R since 1992 voted for the looser many times. Mississippi voted for a losing candidate many times too, because this state voted three times for a Dixiecrat.
But Washington (the state) is an interesting example because it was an anti-bellwheter for both parties. Washington was Nixon 1960, Humphrey 1968, Ford 1976 and Dukakis 1988. Between 1952 and 1988, Washington voted for the winner only in landslides. Maine was almost like Washington. But voted for Bush 1988. Almost voted for Carter 1980.
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