The 60's Candidate

Christopher Pellerito at Samizadata points out an interesting trend.

Had Senator Kerry won the same states in the 60's or 70's, he'd have won:

1960 census (1964, 68 elections) - Kerry 270, Bush 268 1970 census (1972, 76, 80 elections) - Kerry 270, Bush 268 1980 census (1984, 88 elections) - Bush 276, Kerry 262 1990 census (1992, 96, 2000 elections) - Bush 279, Kerry 259 2000 census (2004, 08 elections) - Bush 286, Kerry 252

To my people, this is significant. Forty years of "voting with your feet" have reproportioned the country to dynamic growth areas (trending GOP) and away from sclerotic-last-century regions (trending Democratic).

To Fred Barnes at The Weekly Standard" that is re-alignment, to me it is dynamism.

Posted by jk at November 7, 2004 11:17 AM