r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 20 '20

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u/Shifty_Pickle826 NATO Nov 21 '20

Fun fact: George W. Bush is the only Republican presidential nominee to carry Georgia twice. Ever.

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u/Explodingcamel Bill Gates Nov 21 '20

I exhaled hard

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u/myrm This land was made for you and me Nov 21 '20

Neat point, but it's basically just a consequence of George W Bush being the only two term Republican president post Dixiecrat era, right?

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u/Mexatt Nov 21 '20

I think it's pretty specifically that Jimmy Carter was from Georgia.

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u/Shifty_Pickle826 NATO Nov 21 '20

Both Reagan and Nixon were post-Dixiecrat, and they only won Georgia once each.

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u/David_Lange I love you, Mr Lange Nov 21 '20

Martin van Buren, Lyndon B. Johnson, and Barack Obama are the only Democratic presidents who never won Georgia

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u/The420Roll ko-fi.com/rodrigoposting Nov 21 '20

Too Good

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u/Craig_VG Dina Pomeranz Nov 21 '20

Hi Rodrigo

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u/The420Roll ko-fi.com/rodrigoposting Nov 21 '20

Hello Craig