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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:45 PM Original message |
Time out for Trivia....what's the longest a US state has gone "Red" in the GE? |
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Rockholm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
1. Utah? |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:04 PM Response to Reply #1 |
16. It has done it since 1964. |
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jackson_dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:46 PM Response to Original message |
2. Virginia would be my guess. It has voted rethug ever since 1964 |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. Idaho as well. |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:47 PM Response to Original message |
3. Total guess---New Hampshire |
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jlake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:49 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. X |
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King Coal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
5. 24 years. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:05 PM Response to Reply #5 |
17. Try 108 years with Vermont. |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #17 |
21. You're correct. |
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MrSlayer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:53 PM Response to Original message |
7. Idaho has been Republican since 1968. |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:58 PM Response to Original message |
8. 40 years |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 10:59 PM Response to Original message |
9. arizona |
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mrreowwr_kittty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:01 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Clinton won here in '96. nt |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. Kansas, I think |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:02 PM Response to Reply #10 |
13. FDR won Kansas in 1932 and 1936 |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #13 |
15. Oops! Thanks. Only DC is a solid color throughout its history |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:22 PM Response to Reply #15 |
29. Correct, Alaska is a close second |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:03 PM Response to Reply #10 |
14. Bunches of Dems have won Kansas. Bryan, Wilson, FDR, and Johnson. |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. Vermont voted Republican every time it could until 1964. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #12 |
20. I think you win, Vermont went GOP from 1860-1964, one of two states FDR never won... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. 1856 even. Go back and you'll find Vermont went from 1824-1964 before ever voting Democratic. |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #23 |
24. Correct I just checked it. If you count the Whigs it went red from 1824-1964 |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:47 PM Response to Reply #24 |
30. That's a good point: does Whig (and/or Federalist) count as "red"? nt |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:56 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Well, they're the non-Democratic Party. They count in my book. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:16 AM Response to Reply #31 |
33. At this point I'm something of a Whig... |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Never mind. |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:05 PM Response to Original message |
18. Believe it or not.... |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:06 PM Response to Reply #18 |
19. Vermont was 1856-1964. 108 years. |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:07 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. I just acknowledged you were right |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:08 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. Whoops. Sorry. PA is a close second, relatively speaking. |
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Bicoastal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:13 PM Response to Reply #19 |
26. Awesome! Where did you find that out? (and an ANSWER to MY QUESTION) |
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Zynx (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:14 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Uselectionatlas.org |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:11 AM Response to Reply #26 |
35. The Blue State record would be Georgia |
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HeraldSquare212 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:58 PM Response to Reply #19 |
32. With all those boys who died in the Civil War, I guess the 'bloody shirt' waved for a long time. |
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Recursion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 12:18 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Lest we forget how close we still are to the Civil War... |
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Hippo_Tron (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-12-08 11:20 PM Response to Original message |
28. Not counting the civil war (1854 election), longest blue state is Georgia |
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Pab Sungenis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-13-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #28 |
36. Georgia went Whig in 1848 |
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