Obviously, Barry won the 'popular' vote by winning the major population/urban centers. It would be interesting to know the statistics of...say, the number of taxpayers and amount they paid in the red vs blue areas. Or, say crime rate per person in the red vs blue areas. etc.
Another interesting point (IMO), is that there appears to be no solid blue anywhere in OK. Perhaps that legislation (requiring some kind of 'vetting') has a chance there.
You said — “Another interesting point (IMO), is that there appears to be no solid blue anywhere in OK. Perhaps that legislation (requiring some kind of ‘vetting’) has a chance there.”
I’m in Oklahoma and right you are. Even the two major metropolitan areas were solidly for the Republican ticket. And yes, there is something going through the Oklahoma legislature right now, in that regard.
But, it’s also very true that Obama won by a larger margin of voters than did either Clinton or Bush. And that was very surprising to me. I was actually thinking that there might be a good chance for the Republican ticket. How wrong I was!
Oklahoma is looking better by the day!