Alben Barkley
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« on: May 04, 2020, 01:55:47 PM » |
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I think he did make a play for them, especially Oregon. He just couldn’t get over the top. And demographic changes have made the states more Democratic than ever since then, which likely would have happened regardless. We’re talking about Seattle and Portland here. These urban areas have become flooded with young people and liberals and Californians. Much of the more rural areas already are pretty solid R, but that can’t overcome the strong D lean of these urban areas:
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