Phil Klinkner compares and contrasts the southern counties where McCain '08 did better than Bush '04 with the southern counties where native southern whites make up 65+% of the population and illustrates a rough match, with Tennessee at the red centers of both maps.
A discussion about whether Tennessee is swinging more Democrat or Republican ensues in the comments section.
I would argue that, given the dominance of conservative Democrats in Tennessee, the more interesting question than party affiliation is whether Tennessee's native white-dominated population is showing any signs of swinging more progressive than Democrat.
"I would argue that, given the dominance of conservative Democrats in Tennessee, the more interesting question than party affiliation is whether Tennessee's native white-dominated population is showing any signs of swinging more progressive than Democrat."
ReplyDeleteThere it is there.
Who's a Republican and who's a Democrat is almost redundant when talking about Tennessee.
The vast majority of Tennessee "Democrats" are just Republicans with blue coats.
The "Blue Dog" is just an invertebrate that exists to ensure that Republicans will get their way regardless of who's in office.
Among the exceptions:
Steve Cohen (D), Chris Lugo (Green)
If there are other genuinely Liberal and/or Progressive politicians in Tennessee, I'm not aware of them.
Unfortunately, we in Tennessee are the leaders of Same Shit Different Party politics.
And until "we the people" pull our heads out of our asses and start forcing Dead Wood Democrats out of the picture nothing will change.
In 2010 I am voting Green or not at all unless the TNDP finds some candidates who aren't testicularly challenged.
I will never again vote for another TN Dem just because he or she has a "D" on his or her moniker.
With a few exceptions, they're all yellow to the bone.