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Re: For a southern state (none / 0)

I read a persuasive argument here on MyDD for starting with just one state: Missouri.  The writer put in all of the demographic and geographical data for an average state: percentage of African-Americans, Spanish-speaking citizens, the rural-urban divide, socio-economic level and spread, the amount of navigable waterfront (if you count the Missippi), the size, the amount of mountains.  Everything.  He averaged everything together and Missouri was dead-on average on every item.  It's even almost dead center of the 48 contiguous states.  Add to that the fact that for, what, a hundred years they have always voted for the winner.
He said that the advantage of having just one state go first helps less well-known candidates compete early on without having to have huge sums of money upfront.
If we want a grassroots-appealing candidate, if we really want to win, that seems like a winning strategy.  I realize that that will not make some people in Iowa and New Hampshire happy, but in the long run it would help us refine our message for the mainstream so we can be stronger and more persuasive everywhere else.
by prince myshkin on Sun Oct 02, 2005 at 06:43:19 AM EST
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