How did Bush win CO, VA, & NV?
Spark:
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Matty:
Latino outreach, a dem candidate who did not appeal at all to blue collar whites, and overall just a nicely run campaign.
Also, Bush wasn't seen as ideologically "anti-government", which helped him especially in nova, where a lot of jobs were forming because of the many new agencies/departments being created due to the war.
LLR:
Trends at the time meant they all had R PVIs, and he nearly won the popular vote. Colorado and even Nevada weren't as Hispanic and the idea that Virginia would be swingy soon would've been laughable.
Redban:
Regarding Colorado and Nevada --- he won those states mostly because he won the popular vote by 2-3%. Had Romney or McCain won the popular vote by 2-3%, then they would have won Colorado and/or Nevada too.
It's tempting to say that Bush's 40% support from Hispanics gave him those states, but in 2004, Hispanics didn't constitute as much of the states's electorate as today (esp. in Colorado, which was probably over 80% white in 2004). Bush's 40% with Hispanics gave him New Mexico alone.
Regarding Virginia -- Bush won it because, in 2004, the Democrats did not yet realize that the state was purple, so they never contested the state (It wasn't until 2006 that Virginia became the state we know today). Kerry indeed made no visits to Virginia in 2004, nor did he devote any money to advertising there. As far as he (and the Democrats) were concerned, Virginia was simply a state that had not gone Democrat since 1964.
blacknwhiterose:
Gore and Kerry also struggled with uber pro-2A voters, of whom there are many in Colorado and Nevada.
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