Pundits seem to be missing a plain issue: it's about urban vs. rural. Break down the election results by state, by county, by precinct and you find that leftist voters are packed in like sardines in very small urban areas. Social constructs needed to survive in high-density regions are detrimental to survival in low-density, and vice versa. A really savvy pol will someday recognize this.
Thanks for the map. Do you know what the grey areas represent?
Yup, you got it. It is absolutely true! The more metropolitan, the more liberal!! Also there is something with cool breeze from oceans that just does something to people!
Well put, and I intiutively agree with you, but do you have some examples?
And that insurmountable urban-rural divide implies that a better system of government for the United States would be a decentralized federal system partitioned into urban-rural districts, rather than the existing division of states.
Why are liberals calling this nation divided?
Your map and a similar one from the 2000 party demonstrates the main problem for the Democrats. Simply put the are no longer a national party. They start of each election cycle conceding about 20 states to the Republicans.