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The white poor and working class in Missouri- (THE bell weather swing state) was probably split. I talked to many who voted for Bush.
Unfortunately, Kerry didn't talk to them. He never said "not only do I want to help the middle class, I am also thinking about how this health insurance plan will benefit the working poor. I want you IN THE RED STATES to vote for me because I care about your economic interests." Not once did he sound like a populist.
Bush has the shell of a populist that people relate to. It's effective. They appeal to that demographic without policy offerings.
Kerry could have combated it, but the campaign didn't even make an effort. It was all about the middle class.

We were in the unfortunate position to be running against a dispicable human being, horrible, incompetent president, yet stellar candidate.
It makes for a race where we are in a position where we may believe it's all obvious that he should lose based on performance. But, that's not what campaigns are about. Get over your naivette, people. It was just a terrible race to have to run, and we were in a rotten position when searching for a candidate. To say that Kerry wasn't a "good one" is not so much a comment on him or what kind of president he might have been. It is commentary on how well he matched up against another guy's candidacy NOT presidency.
Bush was not running as the president, he was a candidate. It was all personality. People still like the guy. He gives me the creeps. But, there's a huge number of people who relate to him because they might have trouble pronouncing that word too. They like how he slouches, and how he looks like a tough guy sometimes. etc.
His body language is very everyman.
People pick up on that stuff and they LOVE it.
It's a terrible thing to have to combat in a campaign.