Anyone care to comment on the Demographics of the map that Saban Fan posted in the other thread on where's rex? I find it Extremely informative. What do you see by studying the map, I'd like to know from people that live in some of these areas. I'll reserve my comments for later. :wink:
Looks like a large section of Blue around the Miss River Delta, Texas Border and the California coast line. Understandable. The New England area also, I can see that as normal. What's with southern Nevada and Arizona? any ideas?
I think there are Indian reservations around that area, not positive though. That could have added to the blueness.
It's interesting to look at but I think it can be a little deceiving. Many red counties are only 51% for Bush and the same for the blue counties. I'd love to see a national snapshot graph using shades of gray depending on the percentages that went for Bush or Kerry. I thin it would give a fairly accurate representation of the political leanings of the country although it is already clear that the Liberal pockets of America lie on the west coast, northern midwest and northeast.
For what it's worth, that splotch of blue in South Texas comprises the most liberal judicial districts in the nation. Multi million dollar verdicts are commonplace in cases where the plaintiff can prove no liability on the defendant and can show no real damages. It's like a lottery down there. Shoney's slogan in that area: "all you can eat and a slip and fall for $5.99".
Great map. There are several interesting patterns. I think the high blue in the southern rockies are emigrants from the west coast. My friends in Colorado and New Mexico say there is increasing polarity between long-time locals and the more recent arrivals of wealthy yuppies from the cities, often referred to collectively by the "natives" as "Californians". The high blue in the Yazoo delta and the "black dirt" belt across Alabama reflect high minority populations, as does south Texas, south Florida, the Carolinas and Virginia. Major urban areas are high blue, almost consistently, Dallas and Salt Lake City among the exceptions. Proximity to Canada also tends to make an area "bluish". Job losses in the rust belt account for much of the blue in the upper midwest. The reddest areas are the largely unpopulated Utah/Nevada deserts and the sparsely populated Great Plains. No urbans areas, few people, and even fewer minorities. Surprisingly the old confederacy is mostly "purple", indicating the effect of the electoral college which gave all of the area's votes to red, when the population of those areas are clearly very mixed in their politics.
