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JI7

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6. No, it's not messaging . Obama lost the state also. Some people are just very right wing and they have different
Sun May 17, 2026, 01:09 PM
May 17

priorities . It's not about messaging . I mean they voted for fucking Trump for President 3 times .

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If the fundraiaing for the dems can get tripled or quintupled there might be a chance SSJVegeta May 17 #1
No, the problem there isn't money . It's that it's a very red state JI7 May 17 #2
It is a very red state because democrats have done little to appeal to people and make it otherwise. SSJVegeta May 17 #3
No, it's not messaging . Obama lost the state also. Some people are just very right wing and they have different JI7 May 17 #6
Obama did not campaign in Louisiana in the GE in 2008 or 2012. SSJVegeta May 17 #9
I like in a blue dot in Ohio but grew up in Southern, WV. Some places are just culturally Republican right now. FascismIsDeath May 17 #8
Ossoff, Jon Bel Edwards, Talarico, Warnock, Beshear, SSJVegeta May 17 #10
Only 2 of those qualify really. FascismIsDeath May 17 #11
All count as the south or red states. You can find many ways to discount success of candidates SSJVegeta May 17 #12
Yes but not all of them are dominated by "conservative culture". North Carolina has been in swing state territory for... FascismIsDeath May 17 #14
Obama nearly won missouri and had a Dem Governor and senator fairly recently. SSJVegeta May 17 #17
You are talking about events that happened 1-2 generations ago though. FascismIsDeath May 17 #25
But my point is to examine how they became that way in the first place SSJVegeta May 17 #26
Andy Beshear is not the only Democratic Governor of Kentucky in recent memory standingtall May 17 #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 May 17 #27
If Texas is not a red State, but a suppressed State standingtall May 17 #18
All of those southern states suppress the black vote. FascismIsDeath May 17 #24
Ossoff and Warnock would have no chance in Louisiana. JI7 May 17 #13
Instituional and cultural barriers exist. I get it. SSJVegeta May 17 #15
Which Democrats don't run on supporting the working class ? JI7 May 17 #16
Perhaps you misunderatand me. I did not say there is trouble supporting the working class by dems SSJVegeta May 17 #19
Bel Edwards opposed abortion rights JI7 May 17 #20
Yes. One of the reasons he appealed to the working class there. SSJVegeta May 17 #21
Yes, and abortion restrictions hurt the working class economically JI7 May 17 #22
In theory, but it will be tough EdmondDantes_ May 17 #4
Democratic turnout in the Louisiana Senate Primary was lower than Republican turnout. sop May 17 #5
The state also lost a large number of the black population after Katrina and they haven't returned JI7 May 17 #7
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