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To: Non-Sequitur
Don't blame my neck of the woods, we went for the Republican both times.

If you mean your state, perhaps. I don't know what that state is so I couldn't tell you. On the same note, don't blame mine either because we went Republican both times as well.

If you mean regions, then you are wrong. In 1992 Clinton swept every single yankee state except for Indiana, a traditional GOP stronghold. He only won four of the deep south - his own state, that of his VP candidate, Georgia, and Louisiana. 1996 was a repeat in yankeeland. In the south he lost Georgia and gained Florida.

And don't try and disown him, either. Clinton was your gift to the North

Clinton was never "mine" in anything. My state never once voted for him, nor did Virginia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, or North Carolina. Yankeeland, save Indiana, gave Clinton its unanimous approval not once but twice. Arkansas may have produced him, but the inescapable fact is that yankeeland elected him. Twice.

and in an independent confederacy he probably would have done just fine.

Really? Let's look at the numbers then for the old CSA states. I'll even throw in the border states Kentucky and Missouri if you like. Here are the presidential election results in the old CSA for 1992 and 1996

1992:
Bush - 108
Clinton - 58

1996:
Dole - 96 electoral votes
Clinton - 70 electoral votes.

RESULTS: Bill Clinton lost the old CSA plus its two border states both times. Bill Clinton swept yankeeland save Indiana two times. That means your assertion is dead wrong. Arkansas produced Bill Clinton, but yankeeland elected him. Twice.

425 posted on 11/15/2002 10:31:51 AM PST by GOPcapitalist
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To: GOPcapitalist
Let's look at the plains states, where I live. That would be Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota. In 1992 there were zero, zip, zilch, nada electoral votes for Clinton. In 1996 the same thing. Looks like y'all down south liked the boy more than we did.
433 posted on 11/15/2002 10:49:02 AM PST by Non-Sequitur
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