@HeerJeet @tanehisicoates Jesse Jackson won the Michigan Democratic primary in 1988, only 16 years after it was won by George Wallace.
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@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates People reeealllly forget that getting Goodman back from Gaddafi infuriated the Reagan lovers.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates In my 99.5% white high school in Michigan kids were fired up about chance to vote for Jackson.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates My dad voted for him in '88 in central Nebraska, people there attracted to JJ's economic populism. -
@wernherzbear Really interesting. Don't think my dad did, even though he was economic populist. Any idea what he thinks of him now?
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@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates From a lillywhite suburb I voted for Jackson in the primary in my first ever vote '88. Loved his message then.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates Jackson was also the last Democrat to run as a bona fide liberal in the FDR mold.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates I cast my first vote ever for anyone for Jesse Jackson in 1984 in Indiana.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet@tanehisicoates Well he lost Wisconsin in 1988 , which was pivotal. Close loss in CO. He led in delegates after MI.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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