Blue wall (U.S. politics)
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title:
Blue wall (U.S. politics)
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The "blue wall" is a term used by political pundits to refer to eighteen U.S. states and the District of Columbia that the Democratic Party won in each presidential election from 1992 to 2012. George W. Bush, the only Republican president elected during this time, was able to narrowly win the electoral college in 2000 (271) and 2004 (286) only by winning enough states outside of the blue wall to defeat his Democratic opponents, Al Gore and John Kerry, respectively. During the 2016 presidential e
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description:
American political term for states which consistently vote Democrat
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_wall_(U.S._politics)
date created:
2015-02-28T14:19:19Z
date modified:
2024-09-09T15:20:12Z
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