Why was New Mexico more Republican pre-Clinton?
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Asenath Waite
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« on: April 15, 2021, 06:04:55 AM »

I don't know enough about the political and demographic history of New Mexico but I do find it interesting that it was solidly Democratic in the New Deal era but then between 1948 and 1988 was consistently Republican with the exception of just barely going for Kennedy in 60 (I'm guessing due to a heavier Catholic vote then usual) and then Johnson in the 64 landslide.
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« Reply #1 on: April 16, 2021, 12:49:29 PM »

Western states were generally much more Republican before the current political era.
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« Reply #2 on: April 16, 2021, 01:06:16 PM »

Western states were generally much more Republican before the current political era.

No, Democrats continually abandoned the region in a fruitless bid to hold The South and gave little thought until it was clear The Religious Right were pretty much making The South impossible to keep competitive without cost.

Church, Brown, Babbit, Hart...any of them had a chance...but they elected to throw that away with a bunch of Midwestern/South ticket splits.
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