On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 09:47:37 -0800, OrionCA <OrionCA@earthlink.net>
wrote:
On Sun, 26 Mar 2006 00:40:01 -0500, Rachel Byas
<RachelByas@hotmail.com> wrote:
<snip>
Perhaps they don't like being called names by you. Considering that
the majority of voters live in "Red States", you might want to rethink
your strategy of regaining power in this country.
That's a Regressive Party myth. Don't buy it intelligent peoples. The
reality is the country is about split evenly in two between
Progressives & Regressives. Examine the cartogram map based on the
'red state/blue state' divide here & you can quickly see the reality
of the population distribution in the U.S. by voter party preference:
http://tinyurl.com/6ptjb Below the third paragraph on that page it
shows the population density adjusted cartogram of the U.S. based on
the 'red state/blue state' division in the 2004 presidential election.
The standard 'red state/blue state' map of the U.S. at the top of that
page is the one the Regressives like to point to saying, erroneously,
that ' the majority of voters live in "Red States" ' as Yucko parrots
above. They do this to create the false (untrue) impression that
Regressives rule the U.S. because they are so heavily in the majority
in the states here (& ergo everyone ought to just surrender any party
affiliation notions they have to voting for any party other then the
Regressive Party because it is hopeless anyway).
The key paragraph on that web site is this one, the first paragraph
below the U.S. map showing the 'red/blue' state breakdown:
Quote
The (contiguous 48) states of the country are colored red or blue to
indicate whether a majority of their voters voted for the Republican
candidate (George W. Bush) or the Democratic candidate (John F. Kerry)
respectively. The map gives the superficial impression that the "red
states" dominate the country, since they cover far more area than the
blue ones. However, as pointed out by many others, this is misleading
because it fails to take into account the fact that most of the red
states have small populations, whereas most of the blue states have
large ones. The blue may be small in area, but they are large in terms
of numbers of people, which is what matters in an election.
End Quote
Class dismissed. Don't forget to read chapters 12-13 tonight : "U.S.
history under President Russ Feingold, 2008-2012"
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