Why is Michigan and NY not dark blue???? Hell, even Kalifornistan would go for GWBush before Michigan.
I still think there's a good chance Kerry can pull this one out. Especially based on the trends of previous presidential elections:
1)
Massachussettes (Gore '00; Clinton '96; Clinton '92; Dukakis '88;)
2)
New York (Gore '00; Clinton '96; Clinton '92; Dukakis '88;)
3)
Minnesota (Gore '00; Clinton '96; Clinton '92; Dukakis '88;)
4)
Hawaii (Gore '00; Clinton '96; Clinton '92; Dukakis '88;)
5)
Iowa (Gore '00; Clinton '96; Clinton '92; Dukakis '88;)
6)
Wisconsin (Gore '00; Clinton '96; Clinton '92; Dukakis '88;)
7)
Washington (Gore '00; Clinton '96; Clinton '92; Dukakis '88;)
8)
Oregon (Gore '00; Clinton '96; Clinton '92; Dukakis '88;)
9)
California (Gore '00; Clinton '96; Clinton '92; Bush '88)
10)
Illinois (Gore '00; Clinton '96; Clinton '92; Bush '88)
11)
Michigan (Gore '00; Clinton '96; Clinton '92; Bush '88)
12)
Pennsylvania (Gore '00; Clinton '96; Clinton '92; Bush '88)
BTW... that's 209 Electoral votes right there (counting the always-Democratic District of Columbia too).
61 more and there's your winner.
If you add Florida (27), Ohio (20) and New Jersey (15) to that list that's 271... game, set, match - Kerry.
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