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SSJVegeta

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

Reply to FascismIsDeath (Reply #11)

Sun May 17, 2026, 02:22 PM

16 hrs ago

Im sure the same will be done this year when we see many surprises throughout the south and red states by dem candidates.

And while there are many factors that come into play, all of these candidates have two things in common: 1) a message that appeals to a broad base of support and the working class, and 2)the means to deliver that message.

(FYI the comment I was responding to specifically referenced the south as unwinnable)

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Democratic turnout was pretty strong in Louisiana. Can we flip it? [View all] Quiet Em 17 hrs ago OP

If the fundraiaing for the dems can get tripled or quintupled there might be a chance SSJVegeta 17 hrs ago #1

No, the problem there isn't money . It's that it's a very red state JI7 17 hrs ago #2

It is a very red state because democrats have done little to appeal to people and make it otherwise. SSJVegeta 17 hrs ago #3

No, it's not messaging . Obama lost the state also. Some people are just very right wing and they have different JI7 17 hrs ago #6

Obama did not campaign in Louisiana in the GE in 2008 or 2012. SSJVegeta 17 hrs ago #9

I like in a blue dot in Ohio but grew up in Southern, WV. Some places are just culturally Republican right now. FascismIsDeath 17 hrs ago #8

Ossoff, Jon Bel Edwards, Talarico, Warnock, Beshear, SSJVegeta 16 hrs ago #10

Only 2 of those qualify really. FascismIsDeath 16 hrs ago #11

All count as the south or red states. You can find many ways to discount success of candidates SSJVegeta 16 hrs ago #12

Yes but not all of them are dominated by "conservative culture". North Carolina has been in swing state territory for... FascismIsDeath 15 hrs ago #14

Obama nearly won missouri and had a Dem Governor and senator fairly recently. SSJVegeta 15 hrs ago #17

You are talking about events that happened 1-2 generations ago though. FascismIsDeath 15 hrs ago #25

But my point is to examine how they became that way in the first place SSJVegeta 14 hrs ago #26

Andy Beshear is not the only Democratic Governor of Kentucky in recent memory standingtall 15 hrs ago #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 14 hrs ago #27

If Texas is not a red State, but a suppressed State standingtall 15 hrs ago #18

All of those southern states suppress the black vote. FascismIsDeath 15 hrs ago #24

Ossoff and Warnock would have no chance in Louisiana. JI7 15 hrs ago #13

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

Which Democrats don't run on supporting the working class ? JI7 15 hrs ago #16

Perhaps you misunderatand me. I did not say there is trouble supporting the working class by dems SSJVegeta 15 hrs ago #19

Bel Edwards opposed abortion rights JI7 15 hrs ago #20

Yes. One of the reasons he appealed to the working class there. SSJVegeta 15 hrs ago #21

Yes, and abortion restrictions hurt the working class economically JI7 15 hrs ago #22

In theory, but it will be tough EdmondDantes_ 17 hrs ago #4

Democratic turnout in the Louisiana Senate Primary was lower than Republican turnout. sop 17 hrs ago #5

The state also lost a large number of the black population after Katrina and they haven't returned JI7 17 hrs ago #7