Democratic Convention Watch: Midnight political trivia question

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Midnight political trivia question

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Only 1 CD in the nation voted for John Kerry in 2004 and John McCain in 2008. Any guesses?

On a related note:

There are only five House Republicans left representing districts that John Kerry carried in 2004, down from the pre-election total of eight.

The five left are: Reps. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), who survived a tough campaign against Democrat Dan Seals; Rep. Dave Reichert (R-Wash.), who narrowly defeated Democrat Darcy Burner; Charlie Dent (R-Pa.); Jim Gerlach (R-Pa.) and Mike Castle (R-Del.). - Politico

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ChuckInSeattle · 854 weeks ago

I'll get the guessing started. Someone else would peg it right away, but I'll noted it has to be in AR, LA, TN, or KY. Maybe WV.

Going out on a limb: AR-1.

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Wendell · 854 weeks ago

All of the Arkansas districts voted for Bush in 2004 according to Wikipedia (I know that it isn't a reliable source, but for sake of expediency get over it). My guess would be John Murtha's district (PA-12). This would be much easier if there were any 2008 election maps findable through Google dissecting the country into congressional districts!

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tmess2 70p · 854 weeks ago

If in Louisiana, I would think LA-3.

I am going to go out on a limb and say PA-12.

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Wendell · 854 weeks ago

Cool! I love that we agree!

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uplandpoet 69p · 854 weeks ago

i think matt is pretty much telling us it is one of the 5 in the related story. i do agree that the pro vet, anti black tendency of pa voters is likely the cause of the unique flip, so without knowing which district is where, i would go with one of the two pa congressional districts lists in the related story, gerlach or dent, and if either of them rep philly, then the other...

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Tom 53p · 854 weeks ago

Wendell got it correct - it is PA-12, Murtha's district!

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Matt 75p · 854 weeks ago

Yep, PA-12.

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uplandpoet 69p · 854 weeks ago

well, sounds like murtha knew his racist people....

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Peter Zenger 62p · 854 weeks ago

And Murtha is just happy to still have a job.

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Aaron · 854 weeks ago

I just tuned in so the guessing is over, but when I read the question I figured it would be an Arizona or Alaska district. Surprise surprise!

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Jay · 854 weeks ago

Where did you get CD presidential results from? I can only find county results, or House results by CD.

BTW, Murtha and Obama won easily here in his home town (Cambria County), but it seems the southwest corner of this ridiculously shaped district is more republican this year.

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