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Bill Clinton carried WV twice! Think about how CA used to be carried by the

GOP. The 1976, 1980 and 1984 maps have a fully red left coast. And you're right, the wedge issue is real, (if you ever read, What's the Matter with Kansas?) and manufactured by right wing media and perpetuated by white Evangelical churches. Look at the thread earlier today. Abortion is still the overriding concern for a ton of GOPers and they appear to be willing to trade in democracy to get it outlawed. Hell, Tim Scott mentioned abortion in his "rebuttal" last night, a topic Joe Biden mentioned not even once.

Crazy. But the demographic and political shifts are happening again.

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Posted: 04/29/2021 at 10:50AM

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