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Post by Devil Wincarnate on Nov 12, 2024 5:03:02 GMT
I'm reading a book about the Battle of New Orleans and I was just thinking earlier today what an oddball state Louisiana is It still has its own dialect of French (apparently Missouri did too but it must be long gone). Probably really archaic. Presumably Louisiana and Maine have the most French speakers in the States? |
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Post by The Bishop on Nov 14, 2024 11:54:32 GMT
Yes - it was very close to flipping in 1960 (ie there was virtually no swing) one of those states along with Illinois and New Jersey that would have changed the outcome. It was also neck and neck again in 1968. Obama was the first Democrat to be elected to the White House without the support of Missouri Though in 2008 it was still so close that it took a few weeks to be formally declared in McCain's favour. |
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Post by batman on Nov 19, 2024 16:33:47 GMT
For those who are knowledgeable about historical elections : why did Labour have a relative weakness in outer north Manchester in the 1945 election? Was it because so many Labour voters were corralled into the then Heywood & Radcliffe constituency?
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Post by Sibboleth on Nov 19, 2024 17:02:25 GMT
For those who are knowledgeable about historical elections : why did Labour have a relative weakness in outer north Manchester in the 1945 election? Was it because so many Labour voters were corralled into the then Heywood & Radcliffe constituency? Manchester City Council was the large county borough to summon up the most enthusiasm for the Town Development Act and built (and then ran: this wasn't a good idea, but blame Harold Macmillan not Manchester City Council) a substantial number of very large estates on what were then the fringes of the conurbation. A particularly high concentration were to the north of the city, especially in Middleton. The 1945 election obviously occurred before this. In the case of Bury the issue appears to have been that the area that now makes up the Redvales ward while in the borough was not in the parliamentary constituency. |
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Post by andrewteale on Nov 19, 2024 20:13:11 GMT
For those who are knowledgeable about historical elections : why did Labour have a relative weakness in outer north Manchester in the 1945 election? Was it because so many Labour voters were corralled into the then Heywood & Radcliffe constituency? Manchester City Council was the large county borough to summon up the most enthusiasm for the Town Development Act and built (and then ran: this wasn't a good idea, but blame Harold Macmillan not Manchester City Council) a substantial number of very large estates on what were then the fringes of the conurbation. A particularly high concentration were to the north of the city, especially in Middleton. The 1945 election obviously occurred before this. In the case of Bury the issue appears to have been that the area that now makes up the Redvales ward while in the borough was not in the parliamentary constituency. I think you might have meant Unsworth rather than Redvales. Redvales has always been part of Bury borough, Unsworth wasn't annexed until 1933 and it was in the Heywood and Radcliffe seat until 1950. |
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