See here, from the New York Times.
The bluer the section, the more the votes shifted from Republicans to Democrats in 2008 compared to 2004.
The redder the section, the more the votes shifted from Democrats to Republicans in 2008 compared to 2004.
The U.S. Shifts Toward Blue
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See here, from the New York Times.
The bluer the section, the more the votes shifted from Republicans to Democrats in 2008 compared to 2004.
The redder the section, the more the votes shifted from Democrats to Republicans in 2008 compared to 2004.
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Kind of makes Arkansas ground zero for stupidity.
Kind of makes Arkansas ground zero for stupidity.
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It makes AR ground zero for racism. The map is a little misleading in that OK didn't shift as much red as AR did because it was already so red it couldn't shift any further. Sorry I can't link to it, but on the election map provided by Daily Kos, OK was the only state in the entire Union where not a single county went blue. (The Rs did such a stellar job of convincing oil-job-dependent OK that an Obama win would mean all the oil industry jobs would be abolished and they'd all starve. Now I truly hope Obama will eventually shut down the oil industry jobs - but he won't do it before replacing them with green energy industry job. Jobs - preferably green jobs - is his primary goal.)
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DARBarbara Fitzpatrick wrote:It makes AR ground zero for racism. The map is a little misleading in that OK didn't shift as much red as AR did because it was already so red it couldn't shift any further.
That could be, and I have another little theory about this. Maybe Clinton support was especially strong in Arkansas (understandable) and a few more people than average had trouble making the switch from Clinton to Obama.
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NRA. High membership in all the red dot states. BHO has an "F" rating with the NRA.
BHO stated his support for more gun control or more enabling for local gun control during the presidential debates. Fought for more gun control while a member of Illinois lege.
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And the big nail in Demo-Blue-Obama coffin is what Bill Clinton has repeatedly mentioned:Barbara Fitzpatrick wrote:It makes AR ground zero for racism.
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Maybe Clinton support was especially strong in Arkansas (understandable) and a few more people than average had trouble making the switch from Clinton to Obama.
NRA. High membership in all the red dot states. BHO has an "F" rating with the NRA.
BHO stated his support for more gun control or more enabling for local gun control during the presidential debates. Fought for more gun control while a member of Illinois lege.
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BTW Doug. Your hyper link above for the map does not go to NYT map. It goes to HufPo.
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BTW Doug. Your hyper link above for the map does not go to NYT map. It goes to HufPo.
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