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TheElectoralBoobyPrize
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« on: April 22, 2015, 10:03:54 AM »

So I guess the question then is why Nebraska was solidly Republican? It also was in '88 when Dukakis otherwise did well in plains states because of the 80's farm crisis. And in '64, it was Goldwater's best plains state by far.
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TheElectoralBoobyPrize
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« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2015, 12:03:55 PM »

Wasn't Ford originally from Nebraska? That would explain why he did so much better there.

He was born there, yes.

Birth state means hardly anything in elections. Ford lost NE to Reagan in the primaries.

NE was also solidly Republican in '88 when most other plains were competitive due to the farm crisis. Also, Goldwater did much better there, winning two of the three CD's, than in Kansas, Oklahoma, or the Dakotas.
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