RED STATES HAVE MORE GUN DEATHS, TEEN PREGNANCIES, AND LOWER EDUCATION [View All]

A great analysis of the dichotomy of the people in red vs. blue states was in the Dallas Morning News this morning in an article called "Beyond Red and Blue." Below is their analysis and some of the statistics. As you can imagine, things are pretty bad for the Red Staters - who keep voting for these idiots. How can we get them to see the light??? The link is below to read the entire article.

". . . we took a few demographic snapshots of the reddest and bluest states -- the infrared and ultraviolet, if you will. These we defined as states where a candidate won by at least 10 percentage points.

There were 23 infrared states, 9 ultraviolet. That looks more unbalanced than it is. Mr. Bush won big in more states, but those where Mr. Kerry won big are more populous. Not quite a third of Americans live in the ultraviolet states; slightly more than a third live in the infrared."

I copied the following categories:


EDUCATIONAL LEVEL

"All nine ultraviolet states had higher education levels than the U.S. average (measured in percentage of adults with at least a bachelor's degree).

Twenty of the 23 infrared states were below the U.S. average."

TEEN PREGNANCY

"Getting an early start on producing new voters
The highest birth rate among teens was in the District of Columbia (69.1 per 1,000 women). The next 15 highest rates were in infrared states.

Six of the seven lowest teen birth rates were in ultraviolet states, led by Massachusetts (23.3 per 1,000 women). "

NUMBER OF MOBILE HOMES

Y"ou just don't see many along Embassy Row
Every state above the national average in mobile homes (as a percentage of total housing) is infrared.

Eight of the ten lowest are ultraviolet."

GUN DEATHS

Gun deaths stand out in D.C. – and far from it
The greatest percentage of deaths by firearm occurred in the District of Columbia. But the next 17 on the list were all infrared states.

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/religion/stories/080605DNrel-redbluemain.20b964e4.html

It really makes me mad. I wonder, do I need to put on my tin foil hat? Do the repubs really want to encourage teen pregnancy and thus create more voters???? I'm beginning to actually believe this.
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