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Old 05-12-2008
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Re: W Virginia keeps distance from Obama

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Originally Posted by TSGracchus View Post
Yes; also Carter won it in 1980.

But what he was saying, which is factually true, is that no Democrat has won the White House without West Virginia since Woodrow Wilson did it in 1916. There have been times when the Democrat has won WV and still lose the White House; that doesn't dispute what LS said.
Oh - got it.
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