McCain takes Missouri !

uscitizen

uscitizen

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I just heard this last night. this changes everything.

Then I saw a clip of bush at some world meeting and no one would shake his hand. that was both funny as hell and pathetic.

anyone have that clip ?
 
Missouri has aligned with the presidential winner for like the past 50+ years. so it's kinda interesting.
 
Missouri has historically been a border state, and was torn during the Civil War. I suppose that legacy still remains to one degree or another, though I'm not necessarily saying there's a correlation with not voting for Obama. St. Louis County (where I live), Jackson County (Kansas City), Boone (Columbia, where Mizzou is), and St. Louis City all firmly voted for Obama. There were a couple other counties as well. But the rest went to McCain. The same was essentially true in 2004, except Bush won by a much larger margin than did McCain.

The interesting and perhaps inexplicable development, is that Missouri overwhelming elected a Democratic governor (Jay Nixon) and narrowly voted for a Republican president. There were many rural counties that voted for Nixon for governor, but McCain for president. What's the explanation? I'm not sure - Matt Blunt (outgoing, Repub. Governor) was unpopular, but so is GW Bush. A cynic might say that rural Missourians voted for a white Democratic governor but would not vote for a black Democratic President.
 
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ironhead said:
Missouri has historically been a border state, and was torn during the Civil War. I suppose that legacy still remains to one degree or another, though I'm not necessarily saying there's a correlation with not voting for Obama. St. Louis County (where I live), Jackson County (Kansas City), Boone (Columbia, where Mizzou is), and St. Louis City all firmly voted for Obama. There were a couple other counties as well. But the rest went to McCain. The same was essentially true in 2004, except Bush won by a much larger margin than did McCain.

The interesting and perhaps inexplicable development, is that Missouri overwhelming elected a Democratic governor (Jay Nixon) and narrowly voted for a Republican president. There were many rural counties that voted for Nixon for governor, but McCain for president. What's the explanation? I'm not sure - Matt Blunt (outgoing, Repub. Governor) was unpopular, but so is GW Bush. A cynic might say that rural Missourians voted for a white Democratic governor but would not vote for a black Democratic President.
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Having lived many years in Kansas, I can assure you all... no one really cares about the state of Misery
 
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