The 10 Regions of US Politics [really nice bit of election results scholarship]

CommonWealth ^ | 12-11-03 | Robert David Sullivan

[xp38]

I agree but there was one close state that went to Bush. The dims went to the wall for it but in the end it and the presidency fell into the right hands.

[winner3000]

"In Democratic presidential primaries, the region favors traditional liberals such as Ted Kennedy and Walter Mondale; it has been lukewarm toward Southerners such as Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton, no matter how forward-thinking."

HUH? I guess the author thinks that liberal thinking is "forward thinking" and that therefore conservatives are "backward thinking". Funny how hard it is for people to disguise their bias no matter how much they try.

[AntiGuv]

Much thanks for the ping!

[GraniteStateConservative]

Not the whole state of Maine, just a part of it. The Sagebrush region is supposedly a more libertarian region, and a region less tied to political parties. That part of Maine is probably that way-- based on how it voted for Nader and Perot and Angus King.

[Tijeras_Slim]

It looks like NM is the heart of "El Norte" (the PC term for New Aztlan.)

Come and visit while the dollar exchange rate is still good! :)

[Alas Babylon!]

Ping for later!

[E Rocc]

There are two Democrats from the region running for president this time around, both of whom are trying to restore once-impressive political reputations: former US Sen. Carol Mosley-Braun of Illinois and US Rep. (and former Cleveland mayor) Dennis Kucinich of Ohio.

Dennis the Menace has had a horrible reputation for nearly a quarter of a century. He couldn't get elected countywide in Cuyahoga, let alone statewide and not to mention nationwide. He's got his district loaded with enough class-envy susceptible voters to elect him, and that's his niche. His Presidential run is the purest vanity.

Actually, Cleveland's suburban counties are by no means all Democratic. Medina County is pretty solidly Republican and GOP congressman Steve LaTourette has no problem getting re-elected in Lake and Geagua.

-Eric

[ARepublicanForAllReasons]

Great post! Thanks. I happen to live right on the borderline between Upper Coast and Sagebrush, in Salem, OR. and I'm well aware of the political tensions here. In '00 Gore won the state overall, but carried only 3 or 4 counties. I boldly predict GW will carry OR in '04!

[jwalsh07]

You should be seated at the right hand of O'Reilly on election eve. :-}

You do know this "crap", thats for dang sure.

[Travis McGee]

Come and visit before the Milicia checkpoints go up! (Just kidding. That's in 2010.)

[hobbes1]

bookmark for later study.

[Atlas Sneezed]

The only part of this map I don't like is that it takes separate parts of the country and makes them one region. What does Wyoming or Utah have in common with Maine? Maine is much more liberal.

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The assumption is that a candidate that appeals to people in one part of the region will appeal to those in the remote portion of the same region. Similarity in political philosophy/culture.

[newgeezer]

Thanks to that explanatory text, it seems the map's primary (if not singular) purpose is election strategy.

With that narrow purpose in mind, I like the map. Thanks for posting this thread.

[Alas Babylon!]

What the makers of this map ignore, or fail to realize, is how much an impact 9/11 and the subsequent war on terror have had on the body politic. The 2002 elections were just a foretaste, the full effect will be known next year. The bitter partisan democratic voters haven't been affected at all, but the independents and moderate little guys have. I think a blowout by Bush is in the making.

[TASMANIANRED]

If you look at the maps in 16 and 17 you should notice a few things. Big cities with concentration of minorities, imigrants and big city liberal institutions pulled down the rest of the state. The exceptions is maine. The Northeast corridor for Gore consists of Phily, Trenton NJ, NY, Boston, but look at the rest of the state. Liberal Hell pulled them down. The same goes for the rest of the country.

The Democrat corruption machine in action. I believe that I read shortly after the election that close to 100% of the Black population of Philly turned out for the election. Not only did the dead vote they voted multiple times. Actually if you screened out the dead vote for Gore he wouldn't have carried the popular vote at all.

I am not that great on the geography of the west, I have no explanation for arizona other than illegal imigrants.