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|No Democrat can win without Missouri. ...Until Obama did. | |No Democrat can win without Missouri. ...Until Obama did. | ||
β | |Missouri had been a Democratic stronghold for the later half of the 19th century and was a {{w|Missouri bellwether|key bellwether state}} from 1904 to 2004. Obama is the first Democrat to win without Missouri, and 2008 | + | |Missouri had been a Democratic stronghold for the later half of the 19th century and was a {{w|Missouri bellwether|key bellwether state}} from 1904 to 2004. Obama is the first Democrat to win without Missouri, and 2008 was considered the year when Missouri ceased being a bellwether. |
|True | |True | ||
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