A Field Guide to Red and Blue America

[Chris]

Shifting party alliances from '08 to '12.

Keep in mind that like most aggregates a lot of information is lost down at the county or even voting district level.

https://i.snag.gy/VO5z0W.jpg

See A Field Guide to Red and Blue America (http://graphics.wsj.com/elections/2016/field-guide-red-blue-america/).

[gamewell45]

Shifting party alliances from '08 to '12.

Keep in mind that like most aggregates a lot of information is lost down at the county or even voting district level.

https://i.snag.gy/VO5z0W.jpg

See A Field Guide to Red and Blue America (http://graphics.wsj.com/elections/2016/field-guide-red-blue-america/).

Pretty cool map once you figure it out.

[Common]

I read for the first time in 8 yrs there are more red states that blue, interesting.

[Peter1469]

A lot more. The dems tend to pack into high population areas.

[midcan5]

There is also a correlation with red states in that they are backward economically, anti-science, anti-union, anti equal rights for LGBT, pro-gun hugger, and republican run. I wonder if the war on education by the right, started after civil rights and busing, isn't now demonstrating its accomplishments, one of which is Donald Trump?

'I’m an RNC delegate who opposed Trump at the convention. It was a scary experience.'

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/23/12258018/republican-convention-delegate-nevertrump

Fear and Trembling In Clevaland.

http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/07/22/party-of-rage-trump-acceptance-speech-cleveland/

http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/07/24/end-of-republicanism-after-cleveland-party-division/

'Donald Trump's Campaign of Feeling'

http://contemporarycondition.blogspot.com/2016/07/donald-trumps-campaign-of-feeling.html

"But his campaign is also one that solicits and relies on a more general politics of sentimentality: his audience’s feeling that feelings are powerful. That is, his campaign fuels the (self-help-ish) idea that feeling good about something makes it good – that feeling like America is great will make America great."

[Chris]

Pretty cool map once you figure it out.


For some reason I like maps and this one was interesting way to display data.

[Chris]

There is also a correlation with red states in that they are backward economically, anti-science, anti-union, anti equal rights for LGBT, pro-gun hugger, and republican run. I wonder if the war on education by the right, started after civil rights and busing, isn't now demonstrating its accomplishments, one of which is Donald Trump?

'I’m an RNC delegate who opposed Trump at the convention. It was a scary experience.'

http://www.vox.com/2016/7/23/12258018/republican-convention-delegate-nevertrump

Fear and Trembling In Clevaland.

http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/07/22/party-of-rage-trump-acceptance-speech-cleveland/

http://www.nybooks.com/daily/2016/07/24/end-of-republicanism-after-cleveland-party-division/

'Donald Trump's Campaign of Feeling'

http://contemporarycondition.blogspot.com/2016/07/donald-trumps-campaign-of-feeling.html

"But his campaign is also one that solicits and relies on a more general politics of sentimentality: his audience’s feeling that feelings are powerful. That is, his campaign fuels the (self-help-ish) idea that feeling good about something makes it good – that feeling like America is great will make America great."


Complete malarkey. Texas is red. We're doing great economically. San Antonio is a center for medical research, Austin for technology. People are moving here from blue states that are not doing so well.

I was reading a piece on whether democrats are really pro-science. Apparently there's a plank in their platform about climate and another about energy and that's about it. Read it here: http://reason.com/blog/2016/07/26/democratic-platform-2016-science-plankx

[Common Sense]

Texas is among the states that takes in more federal money than it pays in to the Federal budget.

[Chris]

Texas is among the states that takes in more federal money than it pays in to the Federal budget.

Isn't that smart?

[Truth Detector]

There is also a correlation with red states in that they are backward economically, anti-science, anti-union, anti equal rights for LGBT, pro-gun hugger, and republican run. I wonder if the war on education by the right, started after civil rights and busing, isn't now demonstrating its accomplishments, one of which is Donald Trump?

BULLSCHIT ALERT!....liberals do tend to be quite full of it.

[del]

texas has been taking federal money for so long that it's become a way of life.

why don't the community leaders speak up?

why do i have to pay for a bunch of layabouts in cowboy boots?

[Subdermal]

texas has been taking federal money for so long that it's become a way of life.

why don't the community leaders speak up?

why do i have to pay for a bunch of layabouts in cowboy boots?

Demonstrate that Texas can refuse government contracts for defense spending - which goes into that equation.

Likewise: demonstrate that Texas has any ability at all to stop poor Texas citizens from getting Federal subsidy.

Texas has paid more than it has received for decades. It wasn't until under Obama that that changed - and it changed largely as a result of increased defense spending and entitlements which are federally mandated to go to poor citizens regardless of State.

Your claim is misleading, because you're both dishonest, a partisan hack, and uninformed. You'd be entirely empty, if you weren't full of crap.

[del]

find another ankle, derpie

[Common Sense]

Isn't that smart?

Do you apply that logic to welfare recipients?

[Common]

texas has been taking federal money for so long that it's become a way of life.

why don't the community leaders speak up?

why do i have to pay for a bunch of layabouts in cowboy boots?

You are a premier lackey

[del]

You are a premier lackey

i'll cry myself to sleep

[Chris]

Do you apply that logic to welfare recipients?


Sure. The incentives are there, why not take advantage. You know, like all the single mothers. I don't blame them. I blame our overblown federal government handing out all these political favors.

[Chris]

BULLSCHIT ALERT!....liberals do tend to be quite full of it.


Demonstrate that Texas can refuse government contracts for defense spending - which goes into that equation.

Likewise: demonstrate that Texas has any ability at all to stop poor Texas citizens from getting Federal subsidy.

Texas has paid more than it has received for decades. It wasn't until under Obama that that changed - and it changed largely as a result of increased defense spending and entitlements which are federally mandated to go to poor citizens regardless of State.

Your claim is misleading, because you're both dishonest, a partisan hack, and uninformed. You'd be entirely empty, if you weren't full of crap.


find another ankle, derpie



Lay off the insults and discuss topic or find one you can.

[Truth Detector]

Yep; in Fascist land, labeling something "bullschit" is now considered an INSULT.

Dumb.

[Mac-7]

Demonstrate that Texas can refuse government contracts for defense spending - which goes into that equation.

Likewise: demonstrate that Texas has any ability at all to stop poor Texas citizens from getting Federal subsidy.

Texas has paid more than it has received for decades. It wasn't until under Obama that that changed - and it changed largely as a result of increased defense spending and entitlements which are federally mandated to go to poor citizens regardless of State.

Your claim is misleading, because you're both dishonest, a partisan hack, and uninformed. You'd be entirely empty, if you weren't full of crap.

Del is just trolling.