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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-12-08 09:26 AM
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North Carolina Poll: Obama and McCain tied; McCain beats Hillary by double digits
yet another state we have a chance to change from red to blue if Obama is the nominee.
Obama: 47%
McCain: 47%

McCain: 51%
Clinton: 40%

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_20082/2008_presidential_election/north_carolina/election_2008_north_carolina_presidential_election
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cali Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-12-08 09:28 AM
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1. wow. that's great.
now here come the hill acolytes to try and twist this into bad news.
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SunsetDreams Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-12-08 09:28 AM
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2. good, glad to see it :)
The General Election numbers will change for the better once we no longer have a tag along.

Go Obama!
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DerekJ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-12-08 09:29 AM
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3. Awesome .. Thanks
:kick:
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-12-08 09:48 AM
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4. Significant.
North Carolina is blue on much of it's local level political structure but with Obama, there's a chance it will go blue in the presidential race.
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BeyondGeography Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-12-08 09:51 AM
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5. Now if he can just avoid getting endorsed by Edwards he'll REALLY have a chance to win there in Nov.
:P
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BumRushDaShow Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-12-08 09:53 AM
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6. The narrative says that Bush won 56% of the vote vs Kerry in 2004
so it wasn't that much of a blowout. It would seem that NC might be do-able if the Dem electorate in there can really turn out along with a chunk of indies, and the repukes sit home.
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ms liberty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-12-08 09:57 AM
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7. K&R for my state - great news! n/t
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mmonk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-12-08 10:08 AM
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8. Here's a history primer:
Before Reagan, NC was considered pretty reliably blue. In fact, there were so few republicans, victories here all usually seemed long shots with one exception (Helms) who built a large constituency machine. When NC went for Reagan, it was deemed significant as a movement shift. So put that into perspective and realize what an Obama victory will mean. It might again be considered by experts a movement shift.
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-12-08 11:31 AM
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10. I know Carter won it in '76 and then only narrowly lost it in '80
and of course when the Dem solid south was really solid it was blue. But after the Kennedy-Johnson administration began pushing civil rights I think that is when (at least in presidential elections) it began turning red, though I believe LBJ still managed to carry it in '64.
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catgirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-12-08 10:43 AM
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9. A pleasant surprise!

Kick!
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liberaldem4ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-12-08 11:33 AM
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11. K & R-thanks for posting
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