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Antonio the Sixth
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« on: March 23, 2009, 08:18:21 AM »
« edited: March 23, 2009, 08:21:27 AM by Antonio V »

Could someone explain me why Iowa voted so massively for Michael Dukakis, who heavily lost countrywide, in 1988 ?
Dukakis won by more than 10 points in this state, more than Obama in 2008 or Clinton in 1992. Obama should have won this state by more than 25 points to do so well ! That's particularly astonishing if you consider that this state was traditionally strongly republican : form 1940 to 1984, only Johnson could win it - and in a countrywide lanslide.
So, why ?
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Filuwaúrdjan
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« Reply #1 on: March 23, 2009, 09:36:32 AM »

Farm crisis.
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« Reply #2 on: March 23, 2009, 10:57:36 AM »

I was about to ask this question myself! I remember that Iowa was Dukakis' best state behind Rhode Island--the real interesting thing is that it was closer in 1992!
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« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2009, 12:46:41 PM »


That's it.
Dukakis performed better than Obama also in Kansas and South Dakota.
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« Reply #4 on: March 25, 2009, 10:56:21 PM »

It was the middle of the Farm Crisis and there was a horrible drought in 1988 across much of the Corn Belt. The combination of that and Iowa's caucus probably contributed to him doing so well there.

A good portion of western IL went to Dukakis, which had previously been reliably republican. Dukakis also did better than usual in the eastern parts of NE, SD, and ND. Dukakis didn't really do that well in KS but did quite well across most of eastern OK. For example, Coal County OK has swung 68 points in favor of republicans since the 1988 election.
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Antonio the Sixth
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« Reply #5 on: March 26, 2009, 05:51:39 AM »

Ok, thanks. Wink
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« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2009, 10:03:15 PM »

It was the middle of the Farm Crisis and there was a horrible drought in 1988 across much of the Corn Belt.

It was one of those droughts that we seem to be immune from around here. I remember that summer, and it just absolutely poured here.
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