Re: A Route for 2004 That Doesn't Go Through Dixie

"Gary James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 15 Nov 2003 05:18:20 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colonel) wrote:
>
> >washingtonpost.com
> >Sunday, November 16, 2003
> >
> >A Route for 2004 That Doesn't Go Through Dixie
> >By Thomas F. Schaller
> >
> >
> >Solid Republican victories in the Kentucky and Mississippi governors'
> >races, coupled with Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean's
> >clumsy overture to Confederate flag-waving Southerners, have raised
> >anew the question of whether the Democrats can compete in the South.
> >
> >They can't.
>
> They have to try.   And Dean's strategy is the smartest of all.   Take
> these five states and their black  Democrat voting base:  AL-  26%
> black, GA - 28.7,  LA- 32.5,  SC - 29.5, MS - 36.3.
>
> Take MS, for example.  If the Demos can turn out the black vote,  they
> are only 13.7 percentage points from victory.

Have you ever heard of any voting bloc turning out 100%?  Or that 100% of
that bloc votes the same way?