A new perspective on the Red state / Blue state map....

splat@14

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Sat Dec-03-05 09:21 PM
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A new perspective on the Red state / Blue state map....

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BlueIris

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Sat Dec-03-05 09:27 PM
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1. 'Kay...please don't confuse me with a Bush-supporter apologist, but

that's...really nasty. Many, many, many people in the Red states are passionate, imprisoned Democrats and Progressives. Also, you should take a hard look at our findings about election fraud in '04; many of your "Red" states are actually Blue. Your little map reflects a lot of ignorant, absolutist judgment about millions of people who did vote the correct way last year, not matter what the MSM and Diebold would have you believe.

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splat@14

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Sat Dec-03-05 09:33 PM
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2. Didn't mean to offend..I saw it as humor & maybe should have said so.

I live in a red state! :hi:

Give `em hell Iris!

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BlueIris

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Sat Dec-03-05 09:36 PM
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4. Sigh. When are DUers going to understand this?

Just because you didn't mean to be offensive doesn't mean you weren't. Just because something is humorous to you doesn't mean it isn't going to be offensive to others. Just because--fuck it, it's like I'm throwing these posts into the abyss sometimes.

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splat@14

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Sat Dec-03-05 09:46 PM
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5. Gee, don't lump all DU'rs into my sin... I'm off to annoy others,

Have a good evening.

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Clark2008

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Sat Dec-03-05 10:15 PM
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11. Bravo BlueIris

:applause:

I, too, am a blue voter in a red state. And I want most DUers to know that between 38 and 49 percent of red staters ARE blue voters. The Electoral College LIES.

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MazeRat7

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Sat Dec-03-05 09:36 PM
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3. I'm a revolutionary fighter in "Dumbfuckistan"... "Live Free or Die" (n/t)

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Dances with Cats

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Sun Dec-04-05 12:59 PM
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18. I'm another

But would love to be able to move to "America"

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Sat Dec-03-05 09:57 PM
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6. Aw jeez....

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BillZBubb

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Sat Dec-03-05 10:00 PM
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7. I have that same map tacked up on my study wall.

And I live in Texas, the "intellectual" capitol of Dumbfuckistan.

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splat@14

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Sat Dec-03-05 10:14 PM
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9. Yup, me too. We must be the "underground"! n/t

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meow2u3

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Sat Dec-03-05 10:04 PM
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8. I think we ought to build a bridge across Lake Erie

Edited on Sat Dec-03-05 10:05 PM by StopThePendulum

and deny entry to Conunists (kidding) :evilgrin:

This way, we don't have to go through a red state or Canada to get from PA to MI.

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happyslug

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Sat Dec-03-05 10:15 PM
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10. Why not try to use the COUNTY BY COUNTY listing

Edited on Sat Dec-03-05 10:19 PM by happyslug

It is a lot more interesting.

Notice some of the bluest Counties are in Mississippi.

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Clark2008

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Sat Dec-03-05 10:20 PM
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12. Wish there was one with cities on it... that's the telling thing.

See, my city is blue, but the county in which is resides is red - coupled with the less than half in the city who vote red, it turns the whole county red.

My convoluted point, here, is that the country isn't divided at the Mason-Dixon line: it's divided as rural vs. urban, and there are far fewer urban areas in the "red" states, which makes all us blue voters in red states "invisible."

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happyslug

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Sat Dec-03-05 10:25 PM
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14. If you look at Green County and Washington County Pa.

The counties south of Pittsburgh. Greene is right at the Southwest corner of Pennsylvania. The first map shows Washington Blue, Greene County Red, but in the Second map both are purple (Both counties were barely GOP or Democratic). That is typical of most counties.

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Clark2008

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Sat Dec-03-05 10:55 PM
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16. Yes - the purple map is most definitely more accurate

What amazes me is that on the purple map, it's clear that the South, which is the bane of many DUers' wrath, is more blue than the mid-West, which seems to get a huge pass on this board.

I think our battleground for 2006 and 2008 should be the South. I agree with Dean's 50-state plan, but we really need to start working the South.

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happyslug

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Sun Dec-04-05 12:55 PM
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17. Yes, The States with the most red and reddest counties

Look to be the Panhandle of Texas, Western Oklahoma, Western Kansas, Nebraska, Utah, Wyoming and Southeastern Idaho.

The rest of the counties tend to be up for grabs.

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NCarolinawoman

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Sat Dec-03-05 10:33 PM
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15. In regards to my own state of NC,

I wish there would be a map showing that we have a Democratic governor, Democratic Lieutenent Governor, Democratic Attorney General, and a Democratic Secretary of State. Also, the entire legislature went Democratic in the last election.

Erskin Bowles put up a good fight, but he didn't win the Senate seat; and of course, the Kerry/Edwards ticket went down in flames.

All in all, tho, I consider my state more blue than Ohio.

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Lydia Leftcoast

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Sat Dec-03-05 10:23 PM
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13. Hardly new

I've seen this dozens of times since 2004.

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