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SSJVegeta

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9. Obama did not campaign in Louisiana in the GE in 2008 or 2012.

Sun May 17, 2026, 01:23 PM

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So I dont understand your comparison.

John Bel Edwards was a Dem governor of Louisiana specifically because of the messaging I am referring to. He lost his second re election narrowly in part because he dropped that messaging.

Beshear remains overwhelmingly popular in Kentucky also for the same reason.

Its almost as if appealing to working class interests is a successful strategy 😒

McGrath has a chance in Kentucky herself if she can clench the nom somehow...

(ETA I also think booker would do us all a favor if he dropped out or learned to fundraise better while taking an accounting course)

ETA Obama did however campaign in the deep red state of Indiana and won it in 2008.

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Democratic turnout was pretty strong in Louisiana. Can we flip it? [View all] Quiet Em Yesterday OP

If the fundraiaing for the dems can get tripled or quintupled there might be a chance SSJVegeta Yesterday #1

No, the problem there isn't money . It's that it's a very red state JI7 Yesterday #2

It is a very red state because democrats have done little to appeal to people and make it otherwise. SSJVegeta Yesterday #3

No, it's not messaging . Obama lost the state also. Some people are just very right wing and they have different JI7 Yesterday #6

Obama did not campaign in Louisiana in the GE in 2008 or 2012. SSJVegeta Yesterday #9

I like in a blue dot in Ohio but grew up in Southern, WV. Some places are just culturally Republican right now. FascismIsDeath Yesterday #8

Ossoff, Jon Bel Edwards, Talarico, Warnock, Beshear, SSJVegeta Yesterday #10

Only 2 of those qualify really. FascismIsDeath Yesterday #11

All count as the south or red states. You can find many ways to discount success of candidates SSJVegeta Yesterday #12

Yes but not all of them are dominated by "conservative culture". North Carolina has been in swing state territory for... FascismIsDeath Yesterday #14

Obama nearly won missouri and had a Dem Governor and senator fairly recently. SSJVegeta Yesterday #17

You are talking about events that happened 1-2 generations ago though. FascismIsDeath Yesterday #25

But my point is to examine how they became that way in the first place SSJVegeta Yesterday #26

Andy Beshear is not the only Democratic Governor of Kentucky in recent memory standingtall Yesterday #23

Kentucky is a lot like West Virginia with the exception that it has a real actual city or 2 with and isn't as white. FascismIsDeath Yesterday #27

If Texas is not a red State, but a suppressed State standingtall Yesterday #18

All of those southern states suppress the black vote. FascismIsDeath Yesterday #24

Ossoff and Warnock would have no chance in Louisiana. JI7 Yesterday #13

Instituional and cultural barriers exist. I get it. SSJVegeta Yesterday #15

Which Democrats don't run on supporting the working class ? JI7 Yesterday #16

Perhaps you misunderatand me. I did not say there is trouble supporting the working class by dems SSJVegeta Yesterday #19

Bel Edwards opposed abortion rights JI7 Yesterday #20

Yes. One of the reasons he appealed to the working class there. SSJVegeta Yesterday #21

Yes, and abortion restrictions hurt the working class economically JI7 Yesterday #22

In theory, but it will be tough EdmondDantes_ Yesterday #4

Democratic turnout in the Louisiana Senate Primary was lower than Republican turnout. sop Yesterday #5

The state also lost a large number of the black population after Katrina and they haven't returned JI7 Yesterday #7