John Kerry doesn't have to win Florida this year. Nor does he have to win Ohio. Or Colorado. Or John Edwards's home state of North Carolina. Bush won all those states in 2000, and Bush can have them again this year.
If Kerry can win every state Gore won last time (which doesn't even include Gore's home state of Tennessee), all he needs to add is New Hampshire. Gore lost the Granite State by all of 7,211 votes last time. John Kerry's home state borders New Hampshire to the south, and his supporters mounted an amazing turnout in the primary. They can do it again this fall, and this time they'll have help from Howard Dean, whose state is on New Hampshire's western border.
Good thing I'm still registered to vote there.
Posted by digamma at September 4, 2004 01:05 AM | TrackBackActually, Kerry will need more than NH, even though Gore could have won if the Granite State had gone his way.
The new census figures gave more electoral votes to Sunbelt states, all of which (if you include Florida) were carried by Bush, and took electoral votes away from a group of states mostly carried by Gore in 2000.
BTW...you're a Dartmouth guy, aren't you?
-Answer Guy, Class of '96
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Posted by: loiver at January 10, 2005 06:36 AM