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Obama in 2008? Race and the Electoral Map

Joseph Bafumi | Posted 08.12.2008 | Politics

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Even if blacks vote in record numbers in most of the states with the largest proportion of blacks in this category, Obama is unlikely to win almost any electoral vote from them. Why? They tend to be poor states.

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Newsweek: Obama And The Old Confederacy

Newsweek | Posted 08.03.2008 | Politics

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For as long as I've been alive the old Confederacy has been a land without closure, where history keeps coming at you day after day, year after year, ...

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The New South and Obama: An Interview with Josh Segall, Alabama Democratic Candidate for Congress

Nathaniel Bach | Posted 07.21.2008 | Home

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Obama's fifty-state strategy is not about his winning these states in this election. It's about "trickle up" politics and grassroots efforts on a national scale, all of which will help sow the seeds of future Democratic majorities.

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Greensboro, N.C. Celebrates Re-Opening of Obama HQ

Wes Isley | Posted 07.18.2008 | Home

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While Obama staff and volunteer Fellows weren't allowed to speak to me, I found the rest of the crowd eager to share. I wanted to find out why they support Obama and what issues mattered to residents here.

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GOP Rep: Obama Could Destroy Us In The South

Posted 07.10.2008 | Politics

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Florida Rep. Adam Putnam doesn't think Barack Obama can win the South. But he predicts Obama's campaign strategy will cause Republicans significant do...

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What Fifty State Strategy?

Gail McGowan Mellor | Posted 07.02.2008 | Home

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Seated in the Kentucky headquarters with her blue eyes, tightly curled white hair, turquoise earrings and a rainbow-colored pullover, Party Director Jo Anne Crawford looked as lonely as the Maytag repairman.

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"Whistling Past Dixie" Author: Obama Will Lose The South

NY Times | Posted 07.01.2008 | Politics

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THE interim between the primaries and the parties' nominating conventions is, according to ancient writ, a fertile period for presidential campaigns t...

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Can Obama Take Bush Country?

Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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The Politico reports that Obama will focus his sizable resources on fourteen states Bush won in 2004. Even in states he'll almost certainly lose, like...

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Obama Faces White Resistance In South, Polls Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 01.19.2008 | Politics

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Columbia, S.C. -- Barack Obama is heading into the January 26 South Carolina Democratic primary powered by a solid lead in each of the most recent 11 ...

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