Posted on 07/01/2008 5:23:44 AM PDT by Obadiah
THE interim between the primaries and the parties nominating conventions is, according to ancient writ, a fertile period for presidential campaigns to talk about how they plan to expand the political map in the fall. This year is no different. Barack Obamas strategists are suggesting that the first African-American presidential nominee of a major political party can parlay increased turnout among black voters into a string of victories in the South.
Given that roughly half of all African-Americans live in the 11 former Confederate states, the idea seems intuitive enough. Its also wrong. Prying Southern electoral votes away from the Republicans is not so simple.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
All of the ‘old Confederacy’ went for Jimmy Carter in 1976, except for the Commonwealth of Virginia. The Old Dominion electoral track record is that Virginia has voted for the Republican Presidential candidate since 1952, with the sole exception being the 1964 LBJvsGoldwater blowout.
Virginia will side with Republican McCain in 2008.
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