Bredesen had a lot more money than Van Hilleary. He was able to run ads non-stop in East TN. As a result, Bredesen held down the GOP margins in East TN and the Nashville suburbs, while winning the RAT cities of Nashville and Memphis. Plus he also carried McWherter County (rural West TN) as well. If Bredesen could maintain this coalition, the media will touting him as a possible future Presidential candidate.
Mt wife went to book club here in Forest Hills area of Nashville.....professional class folks, mostly housewives.
Two blurted out they love Michael Moore....ugh.
Nashville has really been transformed by the migration here. They still have huge Pubbie donors here but the coaltion of blacks, indig yellow dogs, northern and la-la land libs (not all are libs btw) and now the big Mexican influx have sealed Nashville's fate...sadly.
Now the surrounding affluent counties are another story completely.