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Hoon Wrote:

Sir O Wrote:

Quote:I would expect that those who are of faith are alot less violent then those elitist blue staters who think they have all the answers, while they sit cities with skyrocketing crime rates, factory like production of poor illegitimate babies that we are charged with taking care of and drug use.

Complete bullshit, I challenge you to back up this assertion with evidence.

Simple.

Evaluated crime rates between these the rural, Jesus areas and the metropolitain areas most commonly voting Democrat.

Quote:Red States and Blue States - There were 31 Red States in the 2004 election, and 19 Blue States.

Public Education Expenditures -- All 10 of the 10 states spending the least per capita on public elementary and secondary education are Red States. 7 of the 10 states spending the most per capita on public elementary and secondary education are Blue States.

Toxic Chemicals -- All 10 of the 10 states releasing the most pounds of toxic chemicals into the environment per capita are Red States. 7 of the 10 states releasing the fewest pounds of toxic chemicals into the environment per capita are Blue States.

Births to Single Moms -- 9 of the 10 states with the highest rates of birth to single mothers are Red States. 4 of the 10 states with the lowest rates of birth to single mothers are Blue States.

Births to Teen Moms -- All 10 of the 10 states with the highest rates of teen pregnancy are Red States. 9 of the 10 states with the lowest rates of teen pregnancy are Blue States.

Child Abuse. 8 of the 10 states with the highest reported incidence of child abuse are Red States. 4 of the 10 states with the lowest reported incidence of child abuse are Blue States.

College and Advanced Education -- All 10 of the 10 states with the lowest percentages of citizens with college and/or advanced degrees are Red States. 8 of the 10 states with the highest percentages of citizens with college and/or advanced degrees are Blue States.

Divorce -- All 10 of the 10 states with the highest rates of divorce are Red States. 7 of the 11 states with the lowest rates of divorce are Blue States (there is a statistical tie in the 7th spot among 5 states).

Execution of Minor Offenders -- Only 6 states, all Red States, have executed a person for an offense committed while a minor since 1990. The only other countries where such executions have occurred since 1990 are China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Yemen.

Federal Money Consumed -- 8 of the 10 states consuming the highest per capita amounts of federal funds are Red States. 6 of the 10 states consuming the lowest per capita amounts of federal funds are Blue States.

Federal Taxes Paid -- 9 of the 10 states paying the lowest per capita amounts of federal income taxes are Red States. 7 of the 10 states paying the highest per capita amounts of federal income taxes are Blue States.

Infant Mortality 2001 -- 9 of the 10 states with the highest rates of infant mortality are Red States. 8 of the 12 states with the lowest infant mortality rates are Blue States (there is a statistical tie in the 10th spot among 3 states).

Suicide -- 8 of the 10 states with the highest rates of suicide are Red States. 9 of the 10 states with the lowest rates of suicide are Blue States.

Uninsured Children -- 9 of the 10 states with the largest proportion of children without health insurance coverage are Red States. 7 of the 10 states with the smallest proportion of uninsured children are Blue States.

Uninsured Population -- 10 of the 11 states with the largest proportion of citizens without health insurance coverage are Red States (there is a statistical tie in the 10th spot between 2 states). 7 of the 10 states with the smallest proportion of uninsured citizens are Blue States.

Violent Crime -- 7 of the 10 states with the highest rates of violent crime are Red States. 4 of the 10 states with the lowest rates of violent crime are Blue States.

Sir O Wrote:

Hoon Wrote:

Sir O Wrote:

Quote:I would expect that those who are of faith are alot less violent then those elitist blue staters who think they have all the answers, while they sit cities with skyrocketing crime rates, factory like production of poor illegitimate babies that we are charged with taking care of and drug use.

Complete bullshit, I challenge you to back up this assertion with evidence.

Simple.

Evaluated crime rates between these the rural, Jesus areas and the metropolitain areas most commonly voting Democrat.

Let's see, out of the top 10 highest crime rates, seven went for Bush. Out of the 10 lowest, seven went for Kerry. Damn violent libruls!

Sir O Wrote:You still have yet to provide a shred of evidence in support of your wild assumptions.

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The red-state/blue-state map opposite shows the results of 2004's presidential election--red states won by George W. Bush, blue states won by John F. Kerry. But the red-state/blue-state map is misleading. If a Republican presidential candidate takes 50 percent of the vote plus 1 vote in any given state, the whole state is colored red (even worse, a mere plurality of voters can turn a state red when third parties are involved). The same goes for the Democratic candidate--corral the most votes, and the whole state is colored blue. But painting an entire state one color or the other creates a false impression, an impression that we believe is hampering the Democratic Party's efforts to pull itself out of its tailspin.
Take a look at the second map on the opposite page. This map shows a county-by-county red/blue breakdown, and it provides a clearer picture of the bind the Democrats finds themselves in. The majority of the blue states--Washington, Oregon, California, Illinois, Minnesota, Michigan, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware--are, geographically speaking, not blue states. They are blue cities.
Look at our famously blue West Coast. But for the cities--Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego--the West Coast would be a deep, dark red. The same is true for other nominally blue states. Illinois is almost entirely red--Chicago turns the state blue. Michigan is almost entirely red--Detroit, Lansing, Kalamazoo turn it blue. And on and on. What tips these states into the blue column? Their urban areas do, their big, populous counties.
It's time for the Democrats to face reality: They are the party of urban America. If the cities elected our president, if urban voters determined the outcome, John F. Kerry would have won by a landslide. Urban voters are the Democratic base.