22 August 2007

Turning Red States Blue

DailyKos reports that a new SurveyUSA state-by-state poll shows Hillary Clinton doing quite well in three southern states:

Alabama:
(Last went Democratic in 1976)

Clinton 44
Giuliani 50

Clinton 47
Thompson 49

Clinton 48
Romney 46

Kentucky:
(Clinton in 1992 and 1996, Bush in 2000 and 2004)

Clinton 49
Giuliani 44

Clinton 51
Thompson 44

Clinton 53
Romney 41

Virginia:
(Republican since 1968)

Clinton 49
Giuliani 46

Clinton 51
Thompson 42

Clinton 53
Romney 39

That's 30 electoral votes right there. She beats Thompson in his own backyard (his home state is Tennessee) and leads all three candidates in Virginia, a state that hasn't been in the Democratic column since Lyndon Johnson's 1964 landslide.