Reply #31: Wow. Talk about selective filtering. [View All]

[krkaufman]

2004 "red" states that Clinton has thus far won...

AR AZ OK NV TN

2004 "red" states that Obama has thus far won...

AL AK IA ID GA KS MO ND SC UT

Iowa, Kansas and Missouri are all ripe for the picking, equaling the 3 states you put up as Clinton wins, so I'll take Obama's CLEAR advantage in overall "red" wins (10-5), along with his demonstrated superior numbers in pulling-in independents and Republicans in the open primaries held so far. Obama's clear 10-5 "red" advantage is also key in the effort to increase our majority margins in the House and Senate. (see: 50-State Strategy)

Of course, this is all somewhat moot, as winning a Democratic primary in a "red" state really doesn't authoritatively tell us anything about how the candidates would actually do in the GE.

NOTE: Florida was removed from the discussion, as it was not contested and so its results are indicative of nothing.

2004 results
2006 results