OK … here are some facts on this week’s vote from the USA Today map.
Counties won:
Gore – 677
Bush – 2,434.
Square miles won:
Gore – 580,134
Bush – 2,427,039
Population of counties won:
Gore – 127 million
Bush – 143 million
Murder rates in counties won by:
Gore --- over 13 per 100,000
Bush --- less than 2 per 100,000
And what was the only state that did not have one single county vote for Al Gore? Hint. It was the only state that Bill Clinton never visited during his presidency.
If we were to move to a popular vote in this country those counties up there in blue would be the counties that our politicians would concentrate on. Nebraska would, for all intents and purposes, cease to be a part of this country insofar as presidential politics is concerned. After all, there's a reason Bill Clinton never went to Nebraska while making dozens of trips to California.
Also --- think about this! My bet is if you took those blue counties and compared them to the red counties in terms of federal government spending, you would find out that much more federal money is spent in those blue counties than those red companies. Also --- look for concentration of government workers. Again -- you'll find them in the blue counties.
You want a popular vote for the presidency? I'll assume you don't live in one of those red counties.
NEAL BOORTZ