pbrower2a
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« on: August 15, 2016, 11:49:36 PM » |
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Indiana doesn't get polled much. It's rarely an interesting state to poll (2008 and 1948 might have been exceptions).
Here's a fact: the state does swing. When the Republican Presidential nominee wins it by 10% or less or loses it altogether, then the Republican nominee is losing nationally. Indiana is more rural than any of its neighbors except Kentucky. Urban northwestern Indiana (South Bend to Hammond) and greater Indianapolis are rather Blue.
Indiana is not exempt from cultural trends that have been going on in Illinois, Michigan, and Ohio. It's simply slower to have those happen. But when they happen in Indiana... well, the Republican Party might have something in common with the Federalists and Whigs.
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