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Arkansas

RazorbackExpat

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12. i think some of this has to do with the 2008 assassination

Reply to Arkansas Granny (Reply #11)

Mon Nov 4, 2024, 07:18 AM

Nov 4

of Bill Gwatney. who was the then-chair of the Arkansas Democratic Party. He was a fellow Boys' Stater who was devoted to his party, and then some asshole murdered him and then the perp was killed during the manhunt. And the Arkansas Democratic Party hasn't been the same since

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I voted today. Blue all the way down the ballot. [View all] Arkansas Granny Oct 21 OP

Same ArkansasDemocrat1 Oct 21 #1

I did the same. No need to pump up their numbers. Arkansas Granny Oct 21 #2

It takes a lot of work in Arkansas to try and figure out who the MAGAts are in the judges races LiberalArkie Oct 21 #5

Same in the 3rd world of TN. SheltieLover Oct 21 #7

I did some research and found that Justice Karen Baker RazorbackExpat Nov 4 #14

That's the way to do it. I took my Dem voting guide right into the booth and double checked it before hitting print. mobeau69 Oct 21 #3

My sister lives in Mountain Home, and she strongly supports Harris-Walz. Gaytano70 Oct 21 #4

I have friends and family who will vote blue. We talk politics among ourselves, but Arkansas Granny Oct 21 #6

I don't say who I am voting for, I just say I am to the left of Bernie :) LiberalArkie Oct 21 #8

So far no one has responded with "well, I am to the right of Pol Pot" LiberalArkie Oct 22 #9

And to think that in the 1980s we had Senators Bumpers and Pryor, RazorbackExpat Nov 4 #10

I remind people that Arkansas used to be a blue state. Arkansas Granny Nov 4 #11

i think some of this has to do with the 2008 assassination RazorbackExpat Nov 4 #12

I met both Senators Bumpers and (David) Pryor in the 1980s RazorbackExpat Nov 4 #13