Bushification of America

Posted November 11th, 2003 by AlphaPatriot and filed in Races of '04
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The Hill has a great column on the recent Pew Report:

In Minnesota, for example, Democrats used to enjoy a 31-26 advantage in party identification. Now, it?s 31-28 in favor of Republicans. In 2000, Bush lost the state by about 58,000 votes out of 2.4 million cast.


Next time around, with more Republicans, he might do better.


In Michigan, Democrats used to enjoy a 33-26 advantage. Now it?s 31-29 in favor of Republicans. In 2000, Bush lost the state by about 217,000 votes out of 4.2 million cast.


In Iowa, Democrats used to enjoy a 32-27 advantage. Now, it?s 34-27 in favor of the Republicans. In 2000, Bush lost the state by about 4,000 votes out of 1.3 million cast.


In Wisconsin, Democrats used to enjoy a 33-29 advantage. Now, it?s 30-29 in favor of the Republicans. In 2000, Bush lost by about 6,000 votes out of 2.6 million cast.


Those are the states that have turned over. In some other states that Bush lost narrowly, Democrats maintain their edge ? just less so.


For example, in New Mexico, Democrats used to enjoy a 40-30 advantage. Now, it?s 39-35. In 2000, Bush lost by just 366 votes.


And in the most important swing state of all in 2000, Florida, Democrats used to enjoy a 38-33 advantage. Now, it?s 37-36 in favor of Republicans. That means Bush might be able to build on his 537-vote landslide.

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