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The Big Red Flood: Take A Look At These Four Maps To See Just How the Country Changed Yesterday
IJR Review ^ | 5 November 2014 | Michael Hausam

Posted on 11/05/2014 3:39:45 PM PST by Windflier

The New York Times published these excellent visual representations of yesterday’s election results, including analyses based upon before and after polling. And they are pretty stunning.

Results on the 35 Senate races:

The Democrats won each seat they were expected to win, as did Republicans, including Louisiana, which will have a run-off on December 6th, as both candidates were under 50%. Of the 7 toss-up races, Republicans won 6, their only loss being in New Hampshire. Fifteen states held no Senate election. Net change of +7 for the Republicans.

Results on the House races:



TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties; U.S. Congress; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: elections2014; leftvsright; redbluemaps
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To: Windflier

Check out how the 18 to 29 year olds voted in the chart at post 4. Republicans are up two percentage points in that demographic over the 2010 election.

There’s hope.


There is BIG hope, because as those people age, more and more will switch to red. It’s the old addage, “show me a young man who is not a liberal and I’ll show you a man without a heart. Show me an old man who IS a liberal and I’ll show you a man without a brain.”

Most of those young people have brains.


21 posted on 11/05/2014 3:56:58 PM PST by cuban leaf (The US will not survive the obama presidency. The world may not either.)
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To: Inyo-Mono

The blue in that region suggests the borders of a new West-Coastalstan that could liberate the saner counties in CA, OR and WA.


22 posted on 11/05/2014 3:58:18 PM PST by rightwingcrazy
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To: Windflier

That detailed map isn’t accurate. MA is actually mostly red. The only blue in MA are all the major cities and the western part of the state. That’s how Baker won last night, he won almost every town but he also won a higher percentage of the cities than Republican candidates before him (going back to Weld).

Believe it or not.


23 posted on 11/05/2014 3:58:58 PM PST by Minsc
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To: Windflier

Holy CRAP!

Look at northern NY. thats where people vote D because their GGG grandad has forever.

WOW.


24 posted on 11/05/2014 3:59:24 PM PST by Norm Lenhart (Feet to the fire folks. YOU PROMISED!)
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To: lulu16

I think it was Rush who said today, only Cook County in Illinois went for the losing Dem governor.


25 posted on 11/05/2014 3:59:26 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: Cry if I Wanna

“Asian men and women will join the remaining whites and keep the conservative movement alive.”

That’s a fact.


26 posted on 11/05/2014 3:59:31 PM PST by ought-six ( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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To: blam
I just remembered that I voted for McGovern in 1972. So...there's lots of hope.

Same as me.

I had just turned 18, and was able to cast my very first vote the year McGovern ran against Nixon. Naturally, folks in our age group hated Nixon with a passion, and our young skulls were too full of mush to know better.

Took me a while, but I eventually escaped the Dems mind control plantation. Yep - there's hope alright.

27 posted on 11/05/2014 4:00:26 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier

^The NY city DemoRats conttol the state legislature in Albany- Of course NY city went blue yesterday- while practically the whole state went red- This shows you the corruption political demoRat machine in NYC, the city of 30 million real sewer rats


28 posted on 11/05/2014 4:00:34 PM PST by bunkerhill7 ("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
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To: cuban leaf
“show me a young man who is not a liberal and I’ll show you a man without a heart. Show me an old man who IS a liberal and I’ll show you a man without a brain.”

In the '60s it was the greening of America. Today it's the graying of America.

29 posted on 11/05/2014 4:01:52 PM PST by MUDDOG
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To: cuban leaf
"Show me an old man who IS a liberal and I’ll show you a man without a brain.”

God love 'em, that'd be my aged parents, who are still voting D like it's 1964.

30 posted on 11/05/2014 4:02:56 PM PST by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Windflier
Soooo the older/wiser and more responsible (married) one is the less likely they are to vote democrat.

Other interesting demographic breakdowns would be debt-savings, net taxes paid, number of sexual partners, religious-secular commitments, rural-urban, music habits, news source, tattoos piercings, and education and type (a BS in engineering is not in the same universe as a BA in woman's studies, psychology or urban folk dance).

31 posted on 11/05/2014 4:03:12 PM PST by DaveyB
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To: blam

What will happen when all us old White men die off?

All of you old white men I would hope taught your kids right from left.


32 posted on 11/05/2014 4:04:05 PM PST by Faith-Hope
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To: Windflier

That has to be difficult during the holidays.


33 posted on 11/05/2014 4:04:28 PM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Windflier

Mandate!!

Purse strings!!


34 posted on 11/05/2014 4:04:34 PM PST by Jane Long ("And when thou saidst, Seek ye my face; my heart said unto thee, Thy face, LORD, will I seek")
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To: cripplecreek
I'm still a bit perplexed about Land's loss yesterday. I can't comprehend her only getting 41% of the vote. This year of all years: the woman was capable, had a track record of success, and our state puts another totalitarian leftist in the senate instead.

Strange. Very strange.

35 posted on 11/05/2014 4:05:10 PM PST by Lakeshark
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To: Windflier

Let’s hope Mrs Clinton got the message.


36 posted on 11/05/2014 4:05:49 PM PST by b4its2late (A Liberal is a person who will give away everything he doesn't own.)
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To: Windflier

Debbie Dingell won John’s district by some 60% over republican Terry Bowman which wasn’t exactly unexpected but its interesting that a conservative UAW Ford worker actually challenged and took around 30% of the vote.

It was kind of funny watching the Fisher body heiress attacking the factory worker as being for the rich.

Bowman is the real deal too. He was a mover and shaker who played a big role in bringing RTW to Michigan. He’s still UAW and has no intent of leaving but says the unions need competition to become better themselves.

He testified against union political fundraising on Capitol hill a couple years back.

http://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/2-8-12_Full_Bowman.pdf


37 posted on 11/05/2014 4:05:54 PM PST by cripplecreek (You can't half ass conservatism.)
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To: Windflier

What’s black and white and red all over?

The American people.


38 posted on 11/05/2014 4:06:13 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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To: VRWC For Truth

And what exactly would be your complaint, sir? Please remain on the line and a customer service representative will be with you shortly to listen to your whining.


39 posted on 11/05/2014 4:06:13 PM PST by centurion316
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To: blam
What will happen when all us old White men die off?

Not to worry.
If you look at the trend of age versus voting you see that the older people get the more likely they are to be conservative.

No big surprise there - just cements the theory that when you take a liberal kid of today, get them married, with kids and a job, wham o - you have a conservative.

Outliers abound, of course, but I think we'll be backfilled nicely.

40 posted on 11/05/2014 4:06:39 PM PST by grobdriver (Where is Wilson Blair when you need him?)
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