[frannie]

Thats one way to look at it but let me state what I think.

This is the slickest piece of skull drudgery I have ever seen.

Think about it, the county map makes the demos almost gone.

By taking states and spreading the population of BIG CITIES, through out the BLUE STATES they can say "look we really didn't do so badly". "Those red areas aren't nearly as large as the conservative would like
for you to believe"

Just look at the map again, This was a slick idea.

What we need to do, since it is almost impossible to convert those in the cities who are either on the dole or elitist liberals, is register more . There still is over 40% of eligible voters not registered. About the same registered voters who didn't vote,

I saw this map several days ago and was astonished at how innovated the demos can be.
Frannie

[NxNW]

take a look at this site:

http://www.citistates.com/whatis.html

"according to figures compiled by Standard & Poor’s DRI division for the US Conference of Mayors and National Association of Counties, the US’s 314 metro regions are clearly the economic drivers, providing 84 percent of new jobs, 95 percent of high-tech jobs, 88 percent of the country's income."

The problem is that while the rural/small town counties encompass most of the country the cities/urban counties are where the economic growth is centered. If we take away the ciries the country is still there but the nation as we know it no longer exists. This is a big problem, how can we have a forward thinking, growing economy if there is a urban/rural split that is beyond redemption?

[fishtank]

I disagree that the map is skull duggery, since the map is REAL and TRUE. It shows us the work still to do...

But I agree here with you:

"What we need to do, since it is almost impossible to convert those in the cities who are either on the dole or elitist liberals, is register more . There still is over 40% of eligible voters not registered. About the same registered voters who didn't vote,"

Good analysis.