Actually, if you look closely, those socialist states are actually densly populated urban areas voting socialist while most of the states counties actually vote republican.
By repealing the 17th amendment, US Senators will no longer be able to view large urban areas as power bases. This will go a long way towards real progress.
It’s true. Take a look at this USA Today county-by-county 2004 election map:
http://images.usatoday.com/news/politicselections/elections2004/_images/2004countymap-final2.gif
Most US counties (including New York State) are red...overwhelmingly.
