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Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon
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« on: August 27, 2015, 10:19:15 PM »

West Virginia's been long gone for Democrats since 2004. Even if Hillary doesn't lose it by 32 percent, I doubt she'll come within 20 points of the Republican. I've always thought that these "Candidate X is a good/bad fit for State Y" arguments are overly simplistic. Hillary won't significantly overperform Obama in West Virginia, Arkansas, or Kentucky (unless she wins in a landslide), and she won't significantly underperform Obama in Colorado (unless she loses badly.)

Depends on your definition of significant. The state going from a 5 point D win to a 2 or 3 point R win, which I think is a reasonable CO result even if Hillary wins nationwide, seems pretty significant to me.

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Attorney General, LGC Speaker, and Former PPT Dwarven Dragon
Dwarven Dragon
Atlas Politician
Atlas Superstar
*****
Posts: 31,718
United States


Political Matrix
E: -1.42, S: -0.52

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« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2015, 07:52:04 PM »

Losing Lean D WV to Safe R would be bad, but they flipped VA from Safe R to Lean D in the process which is a net gain.

I have to say that it is fascinating to see what happened to WV and VA. It would be quite ironical  if VA denied the GOP the presidency in 2016 after the former solid blue state WV denied the Dems the presidency in 2000. Regardless, I predict that by no later than 2024, both the WV Dems and the VA GOP will be extinct.

Right. That's why there is no democratic party in TX and LA, and no Republican Party in WA and MN. Or wait...
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