Northern'er Democrat in the White House?

Question

Do the democrats have a chance to win the white house with Obama or Clinton?

Last 3 presidents: Clinton (arkansas), Carter (georgia), Johnson (texas)

Last 6 losers: Kerry (mass), Gore (tenn), Dukakis (mass), Mondale (minnesota!), McGovern (south dakota), Humphrey (minnesota!)

All of the winners have been southerners, and all of the losers from the north (except Gore who won the popular vote, but lost the electoral vote).

Just to clarify...

Yes, Tennessee is in the south, Illinois is in the north.

Hillary Clinton is from NY with Chicago links...I was saying that both Obama and Clinton are notherners.

Sorry if that was not clear.

Answer 1

As recent electoral history shows, The country has become more politically polarized in recent years than at any time since the Civil War. This has led to very few elected moderates anymore in DC (Lieberman-CT; Shays - CT; Schuler - NC; Nelson-NE; Hagel-NE; And very few others) and the resultant gridlock in Congress. Another consequence is that until the partisan divide recedes a bit; Presidential candidates and their region of origin will generally be more predictable. The Dem nominee will usually be from the Northeast or Coasts - The Repub from the South or Midwest. I do not think this necessarily dooms the Democrats as some do; I am inclined to believe a few key swing states will go back and forth based on the prevailing political sentiment and candidate quality from election to election...

Answer 2

The Blessed Hillary she was born October 26, 1947 in Chicago, Illinois. She went to Wellesley College 15 miles west of Boston, Massachusetts majoring in political science.She got her Bachelor degree from Yale Law School, Hartford, Connecticut. She lived in Arkansas and worked as a lawyer in a distinguished Law firm. Now she is representing the state of New York as a Senator. Hillary husband Bill Clinton is a Southerner from Arkansas.
So Hillary Clinton has round back ground from different parts of the country and indeed the South.

Answer 3

Tennessee is not a northern state!

No offense but I think Obama is going to have a hard time because he is a race minority and Clinton will lose because she is a female. I'd like to have one or the other in office but the chances of either one of them getting elected is a long shot. Most southern states are republican (red states) anyway, I get crap all the time for being a democrat. Look at the last election statistics for southern states. I don't even if either one of them were from the south that they'd win. I live in the south and they aren't quite as liberal or progressive as northerners. I'm a yankee who moved to the south.

Answer 4

I think that is just a random occurance. And Tennassee is definatly not northern (Gore didn't even win in his home state of Tennessee), nor would I say that Illinios or South Dakota fit the traditional northern profile either -- both are more midwest states.

Answer 5

Hillary is actually a multi regional candidate. She was raised in Illinois, spent most of her adult life in Arkansas, and for the last 15 years has lived in the Northeast.

Answer 6

It's possible. I think the problem is that southerners seem to exude warmness and likeability. That matters. I think northerners don't come across as either warm or likeable. It's probably because it is very competitive and a hard life up north.

Answer 7

wow, nice stat. guess if you're south of the Mason-Dixon you're better at shoveling it than if you're north of it. Probably also explains why the country is so deep in the manure pile too.

Answer 8

I rather see a northern'er in the Whitehouse from either party than another southern governor.

Southern governor's have done enough damage to the country as it is:

Carter
Clinton
Bush.

Answer 9

Hillary has the midwest and north though

Answer 10

Sad to say they both have a chance.

Obama is too green.
Clinton is too corrupt.

North and South is a coincidence.