Posted on 05/24/2009 6:10:35 AM PDT by kellynla
Unemployment in April remained 20 percent higher in states won by Democratic candidate Barack Obama in last fall's presidential election than in states won by Republican candidate John McCain, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics released yesterday.
Nationwide, the unemployment rate went from 8.5 percent in March to 8.9 percent in April.
WND previously reported that if unemployment numbers in the states won by Obama do not begin improving soon, the Democratic Party may face the prospect of 2010 mid-term election losses in both governor races and in Congress.
A national telephone survey conducted by Rasmussen Reports has found significant Democratic Party losses and Republican Party gains over the past year in a generic congressional ballot.
Currently, the GOP and Democratic Party are vying at 40 percent to 39 percent for leadership in the Rasmussen-conducted generic congressional ballot.
Over the past year, Rasmussen has reported that Democratic support has dropped from a high of 50 percent and Republican support has risen from a low of 34 percent.
(Excerpt) Read more at wnd.com ...
Numerical order for Red and for Blue would make more sense than alphabetical for each, I think.
Certaionly the unemployment rate is higher in Obama regions .
Look who voted for him. That should answer any questions you may have.
If the stats were switched the msm flunkies would make this front page & headline news for weeks.
So some of it is reflective of the economic situation in the state, but that's not the whole picture.
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See it graphically by county:
Job Loss/Gain 2007-2009
http://www.slate.com/id/2216238/
Look at it dynamically, month by month.
This is where the riots in the streets will start. Obozo should worry more about those he duped, than about us Red Necks.
In my sons workplace there were Omama fans who believed 100% that once he was elected a check was going to show up in the mail evey week and they could stop working for “these crappy wages”. These lefty’s would be in tears when he had to explain the economic reality of such foolish linking. Most were single moms or young college part timers.
Blue States are hit the worst. This surprises anyone?
Of course, if the Republican party just focused on educating the public on principles of personal property and personal liberty and personal responsibility, then maybe some voters would get a clue. But I won't hold my breath.
Crime too! I would guess that most murderers and rapists are registered Dems. (not to excuse anyothers)
I have started to ask hussein voters: “So how is that hope and change thing you voted for going for you?”
If looks could kill.... and the one finger salutes to go with it.
Hopey-Changey.
Thank you for posting that picture.
Semper Fi,
Kelly
Good post. Thanks. The philosophical underpinnings of “you owe me”, “I’m a victim”, “tax the rich” are amped up in ‘rat/socialist/progressive/commie/criminal/plunder-the-producer strongholds.
I don’t get it. According to Glen Beck, there is no difference. That’s why we need a 3rd party - an independent candidate could peel off libertarian-leaning and secular/fiscal conservatives from the GOP (and hand Obama a landslide victory!!).
/s
One thing I have learned is that no one ever wakes up in the morning and says "I am an Idiot!". When unemployment hits 30-40% they will start rioting looking for all the evil Republicans who put them in their predicament. They will never admit it was the like-minded losers they voted for.
In 1982, the Republicans lost a lot of seats in the house. Traditionally, this has been blamed on higher unemployment. However, I’ve read pretty convincing articles that the real reason was actually 1980 redistricting. In the senate, Republicans didn’t lose any seats in 1982. (An independent seat went Dem, and then in 1983, Republicans won a special election).
its sad. thats what all the “past 8 years’ rhetoric is aimed at. hope they don’t decide to change.
One thing I have learned is that no one ever wakes up in the morning and says “I am an Idiot!”.
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Actually I have done that on a number of occasions...but I don’t recall that it ever had anything to do with who I voted for.
Two words = Government Jobs
Someone was quoted recently that rolling back privatization would provide 600,000 new government jobs. Not NEW jobs, government jobs. (Sorry I don’t remember who said it.)
Interesting graphic, thanks for the link.
I love it.Stupidity should be painful,very painful.
What does the Republican Party do to educate the public about their basic principles. Nothing that I’m aware of.
The Democrat party spends BILLIONS on selling their point of view. They do it through a mechanism called Government Schools.
Unemployment higher in big dem districts? Why, you surprise me!
Not really a surprise with left wing governors, left wing legislators and left wing mediots pushing anti business liberalism 24/7/365.
We “ain’t” seen nothing as the unions in these blue states will be pushing some pretty out rageous demands.
One I can’t identify yet due to negotions and no documentation. Apparently, the union that services specific businesses statewide lost a lot of pension funds during the economic meltdown. So now they are demanding that the employers make up the losses and even fund the losses from this year and following years due to the fund being down last year and this year.
looters will always fair worse than the ambitious up turn OR downturn...
According to the title, the information is from April 2009. But the source at the bottom states, "U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unemployment Rates for States, March 2008.
Oops! Even the US Bureau of Labor Statistics couldn't come up with 2009 numbers in 2008. Please clarify. Thanks.
Wow this is again good news this morning reading FR love happy news.
If you check the Bureau of Labor Statistics source pages, 2009 is referenced and even updated to May 22, 2009.
BUMP!
IF David Littman is right (former Economist for Comerica) MI will be 17 to 20% by the end o the year. Even thought it is one state, my guess id OH and IN will increase as well to really skew the numbers much higher for the Blue States.
As I posted earlier, it's a great chart. Thanks.
you’re welcome
Bad economic news is always good news for Democrats.
When the economy tanks and people lose their jobs, homes, and savings, they become dependent on government handouts and eventually become addicted to government handouts. And, just as drug addicts keep going back to their dealers for a fix, government addicts likewise keep going back to THEIR dealers. That would be their Democrat politicians. A tanking economy means more government addicts and therefore more votes for THEM.
Sabotaging the economy is job #1.
This ain’t rocket surgery.....
This is a result. It’s a plan.
Unless Obama start his make-work program and gets these people jobs digging holes and filling them in again, these people will still be unemployed one, two, four years from now. Because the great majority of them do not possess skills that make them employable. Like you, I'm sure many of them are expecting manna from heaven. When the manna does not fall, then what? Will they lose faith in The Grand Redistributor? I'd bet not.
We are today bringing in 138,000 LEGAL FOREIGN WORKERS A MONTH, MOST OF WHOM ARE UNSKILLED AND UNEDUCATED.
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And this is related to Obama's legions of expectant idlers in what way?
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