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« on: January 01, 2008, 09:19:40 PM »

..at one point or another. I am.. curious
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« Reply #1 on: January 01, 2008, 09:49:47 PM »

Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Chris Dodd, John McCain, Sam Brownback, John Kerry, Joe Lieberman, Elizabeth Dole, Orrin Hatch, Dick Lugar, Arlen Specter, Lamar Alexander, Tom Harkin, Ted Kennedy, Robert Byrd, and possibly Evan Bayh.

So around 16% of the Senate.
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« Reply #2 on: January 11, 2008, 09:55:15 PM »

13 of those 16 are from east of the Mississippi.  Anyone have any ideas on why?
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« Reply #3 on: January 11, 2008, 10:43:17 PM »

13 of those 16 are from east of the Mississippi.  Anyone have any ideas on why?

Most Senators are from east of the Mississippi.
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« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2008, 08:54:15 PM »

13 of those 16 are from east of the Mississippi.  Anyone have any ideas on why?

Most Senators are from east of the Mississippi.

And, thats only because the states are much smaller in geographical size.

From the count earlier in this thread, I counted 17, and I do count Evan Bayh since he announced plans to run, but dropped out early in 2007.  You said around 16%, so you are correct, though its actually 17%.  About a sixth of the entire Senate have run for President at one time or another.
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« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2008, 10:26:43 PM »

13 of those 16 are from east of the Mississippi.  Anyone have any ideas on why?

Most Senators are from east of the Mississippi.

Actually, only 26 of the 50 states are east of the Mississippi.  That's a majority but it hardly explains why 13 of those 16 Senators are from the east.
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« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2008, 01:04:37 PM »

13 of those 16 are from east of the Mississippi.  Anyone have any ideas on why?

Most Senators are from east of the Mississippi.

Actually, only 26 of the 50 states are east of the Mississippi.  That's a majority but it hardly explains why 13 of those 16 Senators are from the east.

Many of the states in the West are very low in population and therefore Senators from those states have a much smaller base to work with as well as less democratic legitimacy in the Senate. No Senators from Vermont have run for President in the time period, either.
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