by JoeTerp » Wed Nov 05, 2008 6:29 pm
Also what was a surprise to me was that if this was supposed to be emphatic victory that signaled a major shift in the ideology of the American people, then why did so many bans on gay marraige get passed to sooo many state constitutions on the same night?
When you think about ALLLLLLLL the factors that were in favor of the Dems in this election, you would have thought the popular vote would be a 10 point + margin
McCain won Misouri which had picked the winner in almost every election in the past 100 years. Some will say its a surprise that Obama won VA and NC, but if you look at how those states have changed demographically, it makes sense that those should be Blue States now. NC has a lot of banking, black people, tech, and research. and the Washington DC suburbs in VA have gotten huge and that has always been democratic territory.
And McCain would have CRUSHED a state like New Mexico if his party didn't make him change his ideas on immigration reform.