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wasteofo2
Oct28-04, 07:42 PM
Does anyone have any idea why DC is so fervently Democratic?
kat
Oct28-04, 07:48 PM
ummm, what poll?
wasteofo2
Oct28-04, 08:34 PM
http://www.race2004.net/states.php?state=dc
http://www.electoral-vote.com/

Both of those sites have DC going for Kerry by over 70%.

Plus, DC has voted Democratic every election since at least 1980. DC voted for Carter over Reagan, voted for Mondale over Reagan, voted for Dukakis over Bush...

I got about 4 hours of sleep last night, and I'm pretty sure that I'm running on adrenaline only right now, so I really have no idea where that 84% figure came from, please excuse me.
Ivan Seeking
Oct28-04, 11:46 PM
Does anyone have any idea why DC is so fervently Democratic?

Inside information.
Loren Booda
Oct29-04, 12:16 AM
DC is the only "state" that is over 80% black (traditionally Democrats), and the whites there tend towards tolerance (i. e., liberalism). I live in Arlington, across the Potomac, where our electorate approaches 2/3 Democratic. We are quite cosmopolitan - for instance, some elementary schools here represent over 60 languages.
Gokul43201
Oct29-04, 01:40 AM
Black population, gay community, and a multicultural, urban demographic who understand politics. :wink:
Gokul43201
Oct29-04, 01:57 AM
I got about 4 hours of sleep last night, and I'm pretty sure that I'm running on adrenaline only right now, so I really have no idea where that 84% figure came from, please excuse me.

Prabably from electoral-vote.com (http://www.electoral-vote.com/pred/index.html) or some place that quoted their number.