100 years of re-alignment...

[burr]

In 1896, a textbook election for all students of politics, William Jennings Bryan won a solid south, and almost all the western prairie and mountain states. McKinley won all but one of the Pacific states, the east coast states from Maine to Maryland, the Great Lakes states, along with Iowa, North Dakota, Kentucky, Vermont, and West Virginia. The Republicans stood for industry, tariffs, business, fiscal discipline, the gold standard, and helping the cities. It goes without saying...there were no suburbs at the time. Democrats opposed tariffs, were against the gold standard, sought to help rural America, saw the nation's future in small towns.

<http://www.presidentelect.org/e1896.html>

Fast foward to the Presidential election in 2000, which is bound to become another textbook example. Shrub won the solid south, along with almost all of the western prairie and mountain states. Gore one all but one of the Pacific states, all but one of the east coast states from Maine to Maryland, all but two of the Great Lakes states, along with Iowa, New Mexico, and Vermont. Democrats were split on trade, supported aid to struggling industry, supported fiscal discipline, supported tax credits for to startup business, wanted to find ways to help mass transportation, and bring aid to the inner cities. Republicans opposed tarriffs, supported massive tax cuts, campaigned on "no child left behind" in the suburbs, and saw the country's future in trailer parks. :thumbsdown:

<http://www.presidentelect.org/e2000.html>

This reminds me a little of square dancing, but what caused it?

[cherryperry]

1. time to cut the confederacy loose? n/t

[burr]

2. They already cut loose...

it's time for others to see this, and to work on winning other states. Had Gore spent all his time trying to win the McKinley states, he would be President today.