Here in Ohio we have the 3 Cs - Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati. The majority of the counties are red, but the heaviest population is centered in these 3 counties - thus, the DEMS carried this state in 2008 and 2012 - in the presidential race that is. We are a schizophrenic state - we elect Republican governors and legislatures, bu, Demoncrats for President. I don’t get it. I just don’t. However, GWB carried this state in both his elections. There must be some fraud going on??? Kasich won the governorship again in 2014 by beating the DEM candidate something like 67%-37%. So, hopefully, we will swing red again in 2016.
I’ve long advocated that we need to change how the electoral votes are allocated. McCain won 67 of our 88 counties in 2008, and still lost Ohio. Maybe we should give the electoral votes to whoever carries the majority of counties in any given state. The urban cities kill us in the general elections.
It’s the same thing with Illinois. If you excise Chicago and Cook County, Illinois is a red state.
There must be some fraud going on???
Sure there was fraud...even reported. But no one was ever indicted. If I recall correctly, in the 2004 and 2008 elections, some Cleveland precincts had over 104%, 113% voting results of the registered voters. Same reports also in the Philadelphia areas. I would surmise that a vast majority of 'blue cities' also had this exact experience.
The Republicans know of these voting scandals throughout the years, yet do nothing. They cannot adequately defend the need for voter registration, just simply kowtow to any Democrat bleating about racism, about disenfranchisement.
I don’t think Obama’s sons and daughters care that much about the statewide elections. The real booty comes from the federal government and like I said they show up for work one day every four years. And that’s a pretty good job