> Aren't these hasty generalizations to draw from
> a single election? Arguably, this election may
> be an aberration given the impact of the economic
> crisis that hit in September....
The South of the Southern strategy seems to be narrowing. As shag says:
> I forget which election night analyst it was -- I
> was channel surfing between all the cable news
> programs -- but he said that one of the reasons why
> the south is losing its hold is that it's changing,
> demographically. As tech types and other
> professional-managerial types flowed into places
> like Denver and the I-4 corridor in FL, they've
> brought in a different demographic profile --
> younger, more diverse and more geographically mobile.
I posted the Times piece because it seems to be more data in favor of Thomas Schaller's larger argument (Doug interviewed him a while back). I don't think this guarantees party dominance. I simply think it suggests that a long-running strategy for winning has run out.
But yes, I suspect Floyd Norris is onto something with his suggestion of electoral fallout from the foreclosure crisis, among other crises.
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Shane