Red/Blue

[Dis]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


I thought I read something about him being a construction worker a couple months ago.

I think that was Ben Kenobi

my father was in construction, but I had no desire to work out in the heat.

[Dis]

we've all seen this, but it relates to this thread



this one is for 2000

[Zulu Elephant]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara
In cities, people can see more readily how the government benefits them and they are exposed to greater diversity and have a need to get along. In the countryside, people can see more readily how the government gets in their way and there is far less diversity so people don't learn how to get along with new and strange people.

Exactly.
Its the same if you look at the electoral map of the UK. Most of it looks blue (Conservatives) but on closer inspection, most of the blue is because of large, sparsly populated areas.

Cities are much more cosmopolitan places than the countryside/small towns and this breeds more cosmopolitan attitudes among city dwellers.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Bear in mind that the GOP/DEM split between cities and countryside is not always uniform. It heavily depends upon the culture of the area. For instance, there are some rural counties in Pennsylvania that are very much democratic. There are also some cities that vote Republican, such as Dallas, TX.

There are some demographic difference between cities and rural areas that point to the split. More people are unionized in the cities then in the countryside. More people are ethnic minorities in the cities then in the countryside. More people in the countryside own guns. More people in the countryside are religious conservatives. More people in the cities are Catholic, more people in the countryside are Protestants. More people in the cities are openly gay. More people in the cities are employed by the government.

All of those are demographic features which point towards voting for one party or the other. I would also suggest in many cities there is more of a tradition of machine politics, in which solid political loyalty is valued and voting for one party becomes an important value in itself.

all good points

[Shi Huangdi]

Clark County, NV in the 2004 election only went for Kerry 51.7%-46.8%. Do you know Diss if this is simply due to Clark county including much of the suburbs, or if there are a fair number of Republicans in Vegas?

[Dis]

Originally posted by Shi Huangdi
Clark County, NV in the 2004 election only went for Kerry 51.7%-46.8%. Do you know Diss if this is simply due to Clark county including much of the suburbs, or if there are a fair number of Republicans in Vegas?

despite our liberal attitudes towards sex we are a fairly conservative town- especially with regards to economics. Our newspaper (Las Vegas review-journal) is fairly conservative.

Back in the old days, Las Vegas was populated mostly by people from southern states. Although lately this has been changing as most of our new population is from California and Mexico. We also have a fair number of mormons in our city as well.

[Zkribbler]

Re: Re: Red/Blue

Originally posted by MrFun
So am I suppose to be an exception to the norm/pattern?

Mr. Fun, you are indeed an exceptional human being.

[MrFun]

whatever, jackass

[Lancer]

People in the cities are more likely to be sucking on the government ***, and therefore more likely to vote for the party that keeps the milk coming.

Uncle Sam's breasts.

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Lancer
Uncle Sam's breasts.

So, does he need the bro or the manzierre?

[Lancer]

There is no bra big enough to contain Uncle Sam.

CT, I'm talking people, not states. That's what the thread is about, people, right?

[chequita guevara]

Lancer, do you really want the U.S. to return to the hellhole it was before the U.S. started giving money to the cities?

[Lawrence of Arabia]

More people in the countryside own guns.

i would dispute that.

[Urban Ranger]

Originally posted by Lancer
CT, I'm talking people, not states. That's what the thread is about, people, right?

*cough* farm subsidies *cough*

[Ben Kenobi]

I think that was Ben Kenobi

Quite awhile ago, actually. Almost 9 months since I worked there for about a month.