Perspective: When it comes to 2020, go West, Democrats
Sen. Kamala D. Harris , a candidate for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, is one of a number of potentially strong Democratic candidates hailing from the West. By Thor Hogan Thor Hogan, author of"Hydrocarbon Nation: How Energy Security Made Our Nation Great and Climate Security Will Save Us," is a professor of politics and environmental sustainability at Earlham College.
Westerners have long been crucial to the Republican Party, supplying 10 of its presidential nominees and seven vice-presidential ones. This history dates back to the party’s earliest days, when it made former senator John C. Fremont of California its first presidential nominee. The party performed well in the West during the remainder of the 19th century, because its pro-corporatist positions complemented the region’s economic dependence on large mining companies.
Although there was a fair amount of ideological diversity among Western Republicans, who spanned from the liberal Warren to libertarian conservatives such as Arizona’s Barry Goldwater, the region’s frontier spirit and rugged individualism meshed relatively well with both the traditional corporatist and emerging libertarian wings of the party.
In 1980, Republicans again plucked a Californian to head their ticket. Ronald Reagan swept into office with a brand of frontier individualism focused on tax cuts and deregulation. He took advantage of the 40-year electoral advantage Republicans had crafted. In presidential elections from 1948 to 1988, Republicans won an average of 78 Western electoral votes compared with a paltry 19 for Democrats.
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