Take a cross country RV trip........... (Congress, campaign, drugs, representation)
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If you add up the population of all the red areas it's about equal, more or less, to the blue areas, only it's real spread out so can't overcome the dense population of the handful of urban areas in many instances (Chicago making IL blue, NYC making NY blue, are examples). In addition it's these "red" areas that supplies much of the food, timber and other resources the country relies on.
Votes matter don't they...Many of your "red states" are changing colors..
Votes matter don't they...Many of your "red states" are changing colors..
You mean some urban areas are growing, that's about it. Play with it all you want but the fact is the country's population is about equally divided. The reds are simply more spread out.
And no, in many cases votes don't matter. The votes of "red" voters in northern NY or southern IL amount to almost nothing. They're not represented by the government.
.......and 99.2% of all the places you stop, would be McCain country. Doesn't that bother you? Now don't get me wrong here, I realize people vote and not places, but it does really tell you something about the political makeup of this country.
Aside from a few very liberal inner city areas across this great land, the rest is all moderate or conservative.
Remember that left wing whack job liberals next time you venture out across this great land. You know us folks who cling to our guns and religion? We occupy 99.2% of the land mass!
I've been to 49 of the states, and prefer the east coast (New England) and the west coast (from San Francisco to Seattle), and most of Michigan over every place else. Havent been to Alaska so I don't know if I'd like it there (like BC though).
I think most places are moderate overall. Election time there is no room for in the middle, and that is the problem.
You all are missing the point here. Literally, picture yourself in an RV, spending a month driving across the country. 99 of 100 places you might stop and visit, go to the bathroom, fillup for gas, camp, go swimming, etc are likely going to be places that the vast majority of the people support McCain. You can blurt out, "I support McCain" and find lots of folks the agree with you.
On the other hand, If you want to soley be among people where the vast majority support Obama, you have to pretty much stick with inner city areas. This is just a fact.
I do agree, all votes should always count equally. BUT, it does make you think.
Inner city areas....wow, you're really not very bright.
You all are missing the point here. Literally, picture yourself in an RV, spending a month driving across the country. 99 of 100 places you might stop and visit, go to the bathroom, fillup for gas, camp, go swimming, etc are likely going to be places that the vast majority of the people support McCain. You can blurt out, "I support McCain" and find lots of folks the agree with you.
On the other hand, If you want to soley be among people where the vast majority support Obama, you have to pretty much stick with inner city areas. This is just a fact.
I do agree, all votes should always count equally. BUT, it does make you think.
No, we get your point, we just know that you are wrong.
.......and 99.2% of all the places you stop, would be McCain country. Doesn't that bother you? Now don't get me wrong here, I realize people vote and not places, but it does really tell you something about the political makeup of this country.
Aside from a few very liberal inner city areas across this great land, the rest is all moderate or conservative.
Remember that left wing whack job liberals next time you venture out across this great land. You know us folks who cling to our guns and religion? We occupy 99.2% of the land mass!
What exactly are you trying to warn us against?
Sorry, but I live in both Alaska and in Central Oregon. Not exactly "liberal" country but not as you describe, either.
I'm on this RV trip, let's say I get 10mpg, I have an 80 gallon tank, that means I get 800 miles between fillups. If I drive from my hose in Philadelphia to my aunts house in LA, a distance of 2,717 miles, I will have to stop for gas about 5 or 6 times.
Let's say that each back road stop and rob has 2.5 employees, that would mean that I would run into 15 whole McCain supporters. Frankly I can meet 15 "inner city" people at the my first and last gas station. So, are you trying to say that the 30 people who I meet at the beginning and end of my trip are less important than the 15 I meet in between?
No, we get your point, we just know that you are wrong.
Yup. Cliches are falling left and right. Every community in America has plenty of McCain voters, plenty of Obama voters, and usually a good number of 3rd party voters, too.
I was surprised to see so many Obama supporters in Dahlonega, a small mountain town in Georgia. When I bought a house there I just assumed it would be red-red-red. But turned out there were plenty of Obama supporters... just like there are in small towns all across the US. Whether you want to believe it or not.
If yard signs are any indication...and I'm not sure that they are--I've seen two Obama signs in my community and one McCain sign. Other than that, there are a few signs here and there for city council candidates. In my town in Alaska, last time I was there, Ron Paul signs were everywhere.
It's, "Of the people, by the people, for the people"-----Not, "Of the space, by the space, for the space". Let's get it right.
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You know us folks who cling to our guns and religion? We occupy 99.2% of the land mass!
