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kane · 11-01-2008, 02:29 AM

I think it simply has to do with population allocation. Even when you look at the county maps ( here is a good one http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/) even the most conservative states have blue areas in them. Those blue areas are where the big cities are. If you choose to live in or around a major city you have to be a little more open minded and open to other people, lifestyles, cultures, religions and things of that nature. Most people with that type of personality disposition are more liberal by nature and hence they tend to vote democrat. Those that live out in the rural areas tend to be less of many of those things. I grew up in a pretty small town and most of the people that lived in that small town were like minded. If you went there and tried to talk about gay marriage you would get your ass kicked. So smaller towns tend to be more conservative and "redneck" (and I don't mean that in a bad way) so they tend to vote republican.

Here is the interesting thing. Many republicans (and I would guess the same could be send for many democrats as well) simply vote based on a few issues. I read a story in the Wall Street Journal yesterday about the election in Ohio. They talked to several republican voters and all of them said the same thing. They agreed that they thought McCain was not equipped to fix the economy and they didn't think Palin was ready to be VP or Pres if something happened to McCain and some of them even thought Obama might actually be a better president, but they said they couldn't allow themselves, as Christians, to vote for someone, who was pro-choice so they were voting for McCain.

You can't argue with or reason with that type of logic.

11-01-2008, 02:29 AM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	I think it simply has to do with population allocation. Even when you look at the county maps ( here is a good one http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mejn/election/) even the most conservative states have blue areas in them. Those blue areas are where the big cities are. If you choose to live in or around a major city you have to be a little more open minded and open to other people, lifestyles, cultures, religions and things of that nature. Most people with that type of personality disposition are more liberal by nature and hence they tend to vote democrat. Those that live out in the rural areas tend to be less of many of those things. I grew up in a pretty small town and most of the people that lived in that small town were like minded. If you went there and tried to talk about gay marriage you would get your ass kicked. So smaller towns tend to be more conservative and "redneck" (and I don't mean that in a bad way) so they tend to vote republican. Here is the interesting thing. Many republicans (and I would guess the same could be send for many democrats as well) simply vote based on a few issues. I read a story in the Wall Street Journal yesterday about the election in Ohio. They talked to several republican voters and all of them said the same thing. They agreed that they thought McCain was not equipped to fix the economy and they didn't think Palin was ready to be VP or Pres if something happened to McCain and some of them even thought Obama might actually be a better president, but they said they couldn't allow themselves, as Christians, to vote for someone, who was pro-choice so they were voting for McCain. You can't argue with or reason with that type of logic.