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| − | '''Missouri''' is a Midwestern state that was admitted to the Union as a slave state on August 10, 1821. Its nickname is the "Show Me State". Its capital is [[Jefferson City]] and its largest cities are, respectively, [[Kansas City]], [[St. Louis]], and Springfield. Missouri borders [[Illinois]], [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], [[Arkansas]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Kansas]], [[Iowa]], and [[Nebraska]]. The current Governor is [[Mike Parson]]. | + | [[File:Missouri ref 2001.jpg|thumbnail|right]] |
| | + | '''Missouri''' is a Midwestern state that was admitted to the Union as a slave state on August 10, 1821. Its nickname is the "Show Me State". Its capital is [[Jefferson City]] and its largest cities are, respectively, [[Kansas City]], [[St. Louis]], with Springfield in a far third. Missouri borders [[Illinois]], [[Kentucky]], [[Tennessee]], [[Arkansas]], [[Oklahoma]], [[Kansas]], [[Iowa]], and [[Nebraska]]. The incumbent Governor is [[Mike Parson]]. |
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| − | Under a [[two-party system]], Missouri was a [[swing state]] in presidential elections up until 1996 (the metropolitan areas of St. Louis and Kansas City are solidly socialist while the rest of the state is solidly Republican). It had consistently supported the winning candidates since 1960 until 2008 when it favored [[John McCain]], who lost to the [[progressive]] [[Barack Hussein Obama]]. Before Obama, the last losing presidential candidate to win Missouri was [[Adlai Stevenson]] in 1956. Since 2008, Marxists who advocate [[single party control]] and the outlawing of political opposition,<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jun/23/democrats-open-door-to-marxist-totalitarian-rule-t/</ref> have effectively gained control of the Missouri Democrat Party.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/08/27/hawley-the-marxist-left-is-essentially-in-control-now-of-the-democratic-party/</ref> | + | Under a [[two-party system]], Missouri was a [[swing state]] in presidential elections up until 1996 (the metropolitan areas of St. Louis and Kansas City are center to far-left while the rest of the state is strongly Republican). It had consistently supported the winning candidates since 1960 until 2008 when it favored [[John McCain]], who lost to the [[progressive]] [[Barack Hussein Obama]]. Before Obama, the last losing presidential candidate to win Missouri was [[Adlai Stevenson]] in 1956. Since 2008, Marxists who advocate [[single party control]] and the outlawing of political opposition,<ref>https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jun/23/democrats-open-door-to-marxist-totalitarian-rule-t/</ref> have effectively gained control of the Missouri Democrat Party.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/08/27/hawley-the-marxist-left-is-essentially-in-control-now-of-the-democratic-party/</ref> |
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| | ===2020 Marxist insurrection=== | | ===2020 Marxist insurrection=== |