Posted on 09/05/2013 3:23:41 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
I submit that Ft. Bend County (adjacent to Harris Co.) has grown so large because it is populated by folks who wouldn’t dream of living in Harris Co. FBC is generally more conservative, or it used to be. I was surprised to see it on this list. It wasn’t large when I lived there 30 years ago.
Simple: GOP-e likes it that way.
The 17th amendment. If senators were elected by the State legislatures, it probably would be Republican or would at least have a chance. As it is, the Senators are elected by popular vote (totally opposite of what the Founders wanted). So they represent individuals rather than the states, and those populous cities are a huge factor (along with the big money they must raise for elections from liberal and lobby groups. If they were just being elected by the small group of people in a state legislature, money would not be nearly the factor that it is).
That is why Constitution originally was written to have Senators be representing the STATES (a Senate of the States if you will), rather than how it is now. It was meant to be another balancing/separation of powers, and that has been totally lost
And who pushed for the 17th Amendment? you guessed it, Progressives, in the early 20th century, when all the other messing up of our country really got rolling. An Article V convention to propose possible Amendments to fix what is wrong with our country should start have repeal of the 17th as one of its first items to propose.
Looks like they’re pretty much surrounded.
On the chart.
Three of the New Jersey Counties on the map are pretty reliably Republican (Morris, Monmouth & Ocean).
The thing about Collin and Williamson Counties is that they're both just north of large cities ... Dallas and Austin. Not uncommon for the burbs to contain the conservative folks while the more liberal live in the cities.
As you would expect:
Fulton
Dekalb
Cobb
Gwinnett
Just as I thought! Everyone lives in So Cal. And guess where they’re really from!
That is Greenville County.
Live in Johnson County, KS. Hasn’t quite gone to the dark side.
Other Democrat powerhouses are Wayne (MI), Philadelphia (PA), Kings (NY), and King (WA). Though it tilts heavily Democrat, Manhattan (New York county, NY) usually isn't in the top five counties for Democrats nowadays, because of population shifts. Republicans rack up large totals in Maricopa (AZ), Harris (TX), and Orange (CA), with both parties getting high numbers in San Diego (CA).
Until 2004, Cook county (IL) also gave Republicans some of their highest totals. Of course, there and in LA county those numbers were dwarfed by Democrat totals, but Republican strength in some very Democrat counties shouldn't be overlooked. See uselectionlatlas.org for more.
Because Senate races are statewide. So, by ginning-up the vote in the dense, red counties, liberals ensure they win statewide races.
In 2012, look at the states Obama won. Democrats won almost every statewide race in those states.
It proves the formula works well for liberals.
Saw that this AM, zoomed in expecting that, and was not disappointed.
But I moved long ago....
And are you on Kartographer’s ping list? Look where else that map shows up:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3063120/posts
I think pretty much every FReeper was thinking the same thing when they first saw that map.
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