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Red State Welfare
| Tue, 08-24-2004 - 9:31pm |
Here's an interesting site.
http://www.edthibodeau.com/nonplussed/2003/10/im_surprised_th.html
It turns out that the conservative Republican states love to take money from the liberal Democratic Blue states, then complain about bad the liberal Democrats are. I don't understand it. True Blues give them money.
You know what I think? I think red Republicans hate blue Democrats because of our freedoms. That's what I think.
You know what else I think? Just take my money and shut your mouths. You don't even have to say, "Thank you."

For example California, which is considered safe for Kerry after Al Gore carried the state by 1.3 Million votes saw more counties won by Bush. Gore's margin of victory came from his 800,000 vote margin from Los Angeles County, and his similar margin from Metro San Francisco (margins of 220,000 in Alameda Co. 190,000 in San Francisco Co., 140,000 in Santa Clara Co., 85,000 in San Mateo Co., and 80,000 in Contra Costa Co.). Gore lost most of the rest of the counties.
California is just one example, though. Most of the Blue states rely on a few major population centers delivering overwhelming margins for Democrats to make them "Blue states". Just as many urban counties are delivering increasingly overwhelming margins for Democrats (Al Gore carried New York City 78%-18%.) He won 4 counties in NY state (4 of 5 in New York City, he lost only Staten Island) and LOST in 58 counties (the entire remainder of the state).
Point in fact. On a state by state basis, red states are welfare queens, sucking up taxes paid by blue states. Nothing you've said changes the basis proposition.
Nice attempt at misdirection, but doesn't wash.
Point. Blue states pay for Red State federal welfare.
Welfare rednecks. That's a new term.
Of course the Democrats are going to be heavily favored in the inner cities such as NYC, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco. It is the suburbs where the Republicans usually do very well.
Look at the last election. approx. 105,000,000 people voted, and the two top candidates were separated by a mere 500,000 votes. That is 0.0047% of the total vote.
By way of states, it was 30 for Bush, 20 for Gore, and the electoral numbers we know separated the two by 5.