What did Hood (MS), Maddox (AL), Dean (TN), do wrong in their bids?

[Suburbia]

All centrist white male Southerners.

What did they do wrong?

Is the GOP maxed out in rural areas that they could not get white crossover voters?

[Frozen Sky Ever Why]

What the hell would make you think voters in those states would want a centrist?

[Tekken_Guy]

Nothing, the states are way too red and inelastic to elect Democrats.

[Peanut]

Running in MS, AL, and TN.

[Suburbia]

What the hell would make you think voters in those states would want a centrist?

Centrist Southern Democrats like Bredesen, Ronnie Musgrove, Jim Folsom Jr. won in those areas.

[DINGO Joe]

What the hell would make you think voters in those states would want a centrist?

Centrist Southern Democrats like Bredesen, Ronnie Musgrove, Jim Folsom Jr. won in those areas.

You really need to get with times, bronzie

[Del Tachi]

Hood isn’t comparable to Dean/Mattox.

Hood had a record of statewide wins, and only lost by 6 pts.

[TDAS04]

What the hell would make you think voters in those states would want a centrist?

Centrist Southern Democrats like Bredesen, Ronnie Musgrove, Jim Folsom Jr. won in those areas.

Yes, before they all lost.

[Xing]

They didn’t run against an extremely unpopular incumbent governor.

[SnowLabrador]

Be Democrats.

[Dr. Arch]

Hood isn’t comparable to Dean/Mattox.

Hood had a record of statewide wins, and only lost by 6 pts.

6 points might as well be 20 in a state as static as MS.

[free my dawg]

Run as Democrats.

[Del Tachi]

Hood isn’t comparable to Dean/Mattox.

Hood had a record of statewide wins, and only lost by 6 pts.

6 points might as well be 20 in a state as static as MS.

lolwut.

You do realize that all the other Dems on Mississippi's statewide ballot lost by >20pts?  Hood outrunning them significantly really disproves the "muh ineleastic Deep South" myth.

[Mr. Smith]

What the hell would make you think voters in those states would want a centrist?

Centrist Southern Democrats like Bredesen, Ronnie Musgrove, Jim Folsom Jr. won in those areas.

They lost too, and besides the last, to some real nutjobs at that.

[smoltchanov]

Elections generally became too nationalized. Even Ross Barnett would (in most cases) lose in present day Mississippi:not because he was a racist, but because of "D" after his name. Hood could even win - if he was extremely lucky, but it simply didn't happen.... One of the problem of present day Democratic party in the South: you must be a "national Democrat" to win primary (which is, frequently. minority-dominated), but in such case you have little chances in general. The fact, that many (most - in many states) Democratic candidates in the South are Black usually is not especially helpful in general election too.

[Mr. Smith]

Elections generally became too nationalized. Even Ross Barnett would (in most cases) lose in present day Mississippi:not because he was a racist, but because of "D" after his name. Hood could even win - if he was extremely lucky, but it simply didn't happen.... One of the problem of present day Democratic party in the South: you must be a "national Democrat" to win primary (which is, frequently. minority-dominated), but in such case you have little chances in general. The fact, that many (most - in many states) Democratic candidates in the South are Black usually is not especially helpful in general election too.

Eh, one of them simply ran in Always-Votes-Republican-By 0.001-1%-Florida, and another one of them would've won if their opponent had not happened to be the Secretary of State that  just happened to get rid of just enough people to stay ahead.

And of course the #MeToo character Justin Fairfax didn't have any problems winning in 2017, even outperforming the other white candidates in the most heavily GOP area.

[Tekken_Guy]

Elections generally became too nationalized. Even Ross Barnett would (in most cases) lose in present day Mississippi:not because he was a racist, but because of "D" after his name. Hood could even win - if he was extremely lucky, but it simply didn't happen.... One of the problem of present day Democratic party in the South: you must be a "national Democrat" to win primary (which is, frequently. minority-dominated), but in such case you have little chances in general. The fact, that many (most - in many states) Democratic candidates in the South are Black usually is not especially helpful in general election too.

Eh, one of them simply ran in Always-Votes-Republican-By 0.001-1%-Florida, and another one of them would've won if their opponent had not happened to be the Secretary of State that  just happened to get rid of just enough people to stay ahead.

And of course the #MeToo character Justin Fairfax didn't have any problems winning in 2017, even outperforming the other white candidates in the most heavily GOP area.

You are aware those allegations came out over a year after he won?

[smoltchanov]

Elections generally became too nationalized. Even Ross Barnett would (in most cases) lose in present day Mississippi:not because he was a racist, but because of "D" after his name. Hood could even win - if he was extremely lucky, but it simply didn't happen.... One of the problem of present day Democratic party in the South: you must be a "national Democrat" to win primary (which is, frequently. minority-dominated), but in such case you have little chances in general. The fact, that many (most - in many states) Democratic candidates in the South are Black usually is not especially helpful in general election too.

Eh, one of them simply ran in Always-Votes-Republican-By 0.001-1%-Florida, and another one of them would've won if their opponent had not happened to be the Secretary of State that  just happened to get rid of just enough people to stay ahead.

And of course the #MeToo character Justin Fairfax didn't have any problems winning in 2017, even outperforming the other white candidates in the most heavily GOP area.

You are aware those allegations came out over a year after he won?

And that Fairfax won in Virginia, which isn't a typical Southern state anymore? We speak here about Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, not Florida, Georgia (Atlanta-dominated soon) or Virginia..

[Tekken_Guy]

Elections generally became too nationalized. Even Ross Barnett would (in most cases) lose in present day Mississippi:not because he was a racist, but because of "D" after his name. Hood could even win - if he was extremely lucky, but it simply didn't happen.... One of the problem of present day Democratic party in the South: you must be a "national Democrat" to win primary (which is, frequently. minority-dominated), but in such case you have little chances in general. The fact, that many (most - in many states) Democratic candidates in the South are Black usually is not especially helpful in general election too.

Eh, one of them simply ran in Always-Votes-Republican-By 0.001-1%-Florida, and another one of them would've won if their opponent had not happened to be the Secretary of State that  just happened to get rid of just enough people to stay ahead.

And of course the #MeToo character Justin Fairfax didn't have any problems winning in 2017, even outperforming the other white candidates in the most heavily GOP area.

You are aware those allegations came out over a year after he won?

And that Fairfax won in Virginia, which isn't a typical Southern state anymore? We speak here about Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, not Florida, Georgia (Atlanta-dominated soon) or Virginia..

The same Florida in which the GOP beat an incumbent Democratic Senator in a Blue Wave Midterm?

[smoltchanov]

Elections generally became too nationalized. Even Ross Barnett would (in most cases) lose in present day Mississippi:not because he was a racist, but because of "D" after his name. Hood could even win - if he was extremely lucky, but it simply didn't happen.... One of the problem of present day Democratic party in the South: you must be a "national Democrat" to win primary (which is, frequently. minority-dominated), but in such case you have little chances in general. The fact, that many (most - in many states) Democratic candidates in the South are Black usually is not especially helpful in general election too.

Eh, one of them simply ran in Always-Votes-Republican-By 0.001-1%-Florida, and another one of them would've won if their opponent had not happened to be the Secretary of State that  just happened to get rid of just enough people to stay ahead.

And of course the #MeToo character Justin Fairfax didn't have any problems winning in 2017, even outperforming the other white candidates in the most heavily GOP area.

You are aware those allegations came out over a year after he won?

And that Fairfax won in Virginia, which isn't a typical Southern state anymore? We speak here about Mississippi, Alabama, Tennessee, not Florida, Georgia (Atlanta-dominated soon) or Virginia..

The same Florida in which the GOP beat an incumbent Democratic Senator in a Blue Wave Midterm?

Florida will be swing state (though - with very inept Democratic party) in foreseable future, Tennessee, Mississippi and Alabama - not...

[ElectionsGuy]

They ran as Democrats.

[MT Treasurer]

Be Democrats.

Run as Democrats.

They ran as Democrats.

I think it might also be because they ran as Democrats.

[Progressive Pessimist]

Running in MS, AL, and TN.

They didn’t run against an extremely unpopular incumbent governor.

Be Democrats.

Run as Democrats.

They ran as Democrats.

I think it might also be because they ran as Democrats.

[Fuzzy Bear]

MS, AL, and TN are structurally Republican, all the way down to local offices nowadays.  This is a fundamental change from the bifurcated politics that made these states Republican at the Presidential level (except when a non-liberal Southerner ran) but Democratic at the state and local level.

The 1994 elections began the long march to where every Southern legislative chamber has become Republican.  The only statewide elected Democrat are in VA (a unique case), FL (only one), and NC (the Governor).  Nothing in "swing state" GA. Nothing in TX.  Why Edwards should be an underdog ought to be obvious. 

It wasn't always this way.  Edwin Edwards crushed David Treen in his 1983 comeback, on the heels of a Reagan landslide.  John Kennedy was a Democrat until 2005.  What has happened is that Louisiana is an oil state and the National Democratic Party has taken an unabashed stance against the Fossil Fuel industry.  How hard is this to figure out?

[GM Team Member and Senator WB]

ran as democrats against Republicans that were relatively scandal-free