Take a cross country RV trip........... (Al Gore, voting, George W. Bush, school)
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.......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!
the reds are so spread out over the land that they frequently can't get represented because the blues are concentrated in dense cities. If we were to base the presidential election on the popular vote rather than the electoral vote, for the purposes of the president everyone would have a more equal say with their vote.
Getting to congress, a more proportional system of representation is needed to fairly represent everyone.
If these two things were done it would at least help with the political division in the country (I think a split would be better but if no split this could help). All sides would be represented in the proportion they exist out of the whole population. Instead of one city in a state leaving others not represented, and when all the cases of this are added up, almost half the country, not fully represented. Follow me on this?
I follow you, but I think you're totally wrong.
The density of the electorate means that there are more places that are heavily Democratic than places that are heavily Republican, whereas there are more places that lean Republican than lean Democratic, giving the Republicans a higher representation than if people were evenly spread throughout.
As the simplest example of this, I give you the 2000 Presidential election. As my second example, I give you the Congressional redistricting in Texas, in which districts were shaped to give huge majorities to the Dems in the inner cities while cutting down on districts that had a slight advantage for Dems.
It was very intentional. (Historically, the Dems have done the same thing in the past. There's a reason Elbridge Gerry got famous, and it wasn't his brilliant time as Veep of the US!)
.......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!
The density of the electorate means that there are more places that are heavily Democratic than places that are heavily Republican, whereas there are more places that lean Republican than lean Democratic, giving the Republicans a higher representation than if people were evenly spread throughout.
As the simplest example of this, I give you the 2000 Presidential election. As my second example, I give you the Congressional redistricting in Texas, in which districts were shaped to give huge majorities to the Dems in the inner cities while cutting down on districts that had a slight advantage for Dems.
It was very intentional. (Historically, the Dems have done the same thing in the past. There's a reason Elbridge Gerry got famous, and it wasn't his brilliant time as Veep of the US!)
A proportional system could cut out the re-districting scam both sides use.
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.
How would you describe a wealthy suburban county like Wake County in North Carolina which is prime Obama country? Or a city like Cary in Wake that is affluent, well educated and strong Obama country? North Carolina Campgrounds in Wake County
Wake is highlighted as the area that will determine if Obama carries a changing state like North Carolina.
Hope it doesn't interfere with your glee but when a significant part of the population and country overall does not feel represented by the government and has opposing ideas forced down their throats...that's a barrel of gunpowder waiting for a spark.
LOL, no matter who wins there's always a significant part of the population that feels that way after an election. Somehow life goes on.
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.......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 wish YOU would take a RV trip and just keep on going.Did your sources tell you that the world is flat and you need to be carefull near the edges?
.......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!
Yes, and the McCain campaign takes great comfort in the feeling that America is moderate right and that's how they will win! Well if Obama wins, it will show the true nature of the country, which I believe is leaning slightly to the left. I feel it here in the reddest of red states Oklahoma.
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You know us folks who cling to our guns and religion? We occupy 99.2% of the land mass!
