[kidyankee764]

Originally Posted by basehead617

Yes - very interesting, thanks.

Maybe now people will not scoff when I drill into their head how conservative Middlebury is.. 63% to 37% for Romney! 3rd in the state, trailing only Darien at 66% and New Canaan at 64%.

It seems the most conservative towns are in Fairfield and Litchfield Counties, as well as Middlebury, Oxford, Seymour and Southbury in adjacent western New Haven County.

I will say that I was surprised at the number of suburbs that went for Obama.

[basehead617]

Originally Posted by kidyankee764

It seems the most conservative towns are in Fairfield and Litchfield Counties, as well as Middlebury, Oxford, Seymour and Southbury in adjacent western New Haven County.

Yep -- Nate Silver's Connecticut article from the Presidential Geography series showed Litchfield as being the 'least for Obama' in '08.

In Connecticut, Wall Street Community May Limit Obama Victory - NYTimes.com

Also, checking the link we're discussing now, you can checkbox 'Counties' and then go to CT and you'll see that Litchfield County is the only one that went for Romney - 51 to 47. So that continues along the lines of his analysis that Litchfield is the most conservative overall.

[oberon_1]

Originally Posted by JayCT

Historically Connecticut's economy is based on industries that feel the impacts and recover from a recession much later than other states. That is why our current unemployment rate which was under the national average for much of the recession is not higher.

As for schools, most respected sources rate Connecticut schools at or near the top for education. Any organization that tries to say Texas schools are better is highly suspect IMHO. Jay

If I understand correctly, the OP says that there is no direct correlation between spending and education outcome i.e. if you spend twice the money you won't necessarily get twice as much education. Of course the OP brings that as an argument to support his political views.