bill clinton 1996

[WalterMitty]

i may be the only one who thinks this, but bill clinton really underperformed  in 96.

he had everything going for him.  good economy.  weak opponent.  a boogeyman in newt gingrich.  peace abroad.  etc etc.

yet he still didnt crack 50%.  dont give me the perot excuse.  by 96 we all knew how crazy perot was.  in my opinion perot overperformed in 96.

clinton should have won sd, co, va, and ga.

agree?  disagree?

[WalterMitty]

I don't agree on some of these states.  Colorado is the only state he should have won; perhaps Georgia, since it went for him in '92.  SD and VA are fairly solid GOP states at the Presidential level, and he outperformed Gore in both of them.

sd and va are republican states, but should be winnable by a popular democrat incumbent...especially when the opponent is bob dole.

[WalterMitty]

And in 2000, with a good economy, peace abroad, the Democrats lost the election to a candidate many people called incompetent.

Many people still call him incompetent, with good reason.

also many people say the democrats didnt really 'lose' that election, with good reason.

back to 1996, clinton did campaign a little in sd.  in fact, i seem to recall him being in sd the day before the election.

[WalterMitty]

i was right!

from the ny times, november 5, 1996:

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