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SCantiGOP

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1. couple of points
Fri Dec 7, 2012, 02:59 PM
Dec 2012

Every expert I've ever seen says SC is a 55/45 GOP state. The last Democratic governor was a result of the confederate flag single issue voters voting against the GOP governor. It looks like a trend line on Wilson't seat, but he was opposed both times by a very credible (Iraq war vet for one) and well-funded Democrat whose positions were virtually the same as Wilson's. The main point is that this is a result of gerrymandering. Obama got 44.1% of the vote. With 1/3 of the voters minority, you would think that would lead to a 4/3 or, at worst, 5/2 split in the House delegation, but careful gerrymandering insures one very minority district and all of the others firmly republican.
The answer is not new leadership, it is for that 44-45% to work harder to convince low and middle income residents that voting GOP is against their self-interest.

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