Hmmmm . . . . click on the ‘State’ header to place the list in order by state. Looks to me like most of those closing are in areas infested by liberals. I guess us dumb conservatives buy more books, eh?
No, it's that conservatives tend to live where the land is cheaper, and populations are less dense. The stores that are closing are in urban centers (with the usual urban liberal demographic), and particularly in the "tony" shopping centers with high rent.
Borders is smartly using the bankruptcy provisions that allow them to "break" leases, and so their doing just that for their most expensive sales floors.
Looks to me like most of those closing are in areas infested by liberals.Perhaps. I suspect it has less to do with political affiliation than it does to just having too many stores in urban areas (which tend to be less conservative).
In Chicago and Orlando (the two cities in which I've lived in recent years), they had an excess of stores. Here in Orlando, I had four Borders to choose from without going beyond my normal driving range. Now, I'll have two.