--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kristin A. Ruhle) wrote:
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>How can you weigh people against each other that way? People aren't people
>to politicains, they are votes.
But, the votes in Montana have the equivalant of 6 votes each for president.
>There are fewer people on the so called "frontier," but American >culture
>admires them.
Enough to give them six votes apiece?
>
>
>Did you see the map of how the votes went? It's pretty classic
>historically too. Cities for Gore, countryside for Bush. There is a
>fundamental political and ideological division between people with >urban
>and rural lifestles. It mpas along geographic lines because >people with
>different life styles think very differently.
That was about a 60-40 split, which was fairly important. But, it was far
from the most important split.
>Those in less populous states, as a group, are FAR more suspicious >of
>government.
Except for their subsidies, like below cost water, grazing, etc. That's
their natural right, and they'll deny the true costs with their dying
breath.
>
>>What about asking the same question in race. What about a >president with
>>a decent minority of white voters and an >>overwhelming majority of black
>> voters? How is this different from >>urban/rural?
>>
>It's less race than economics. Blacks tend to be poorer and see >government
>as a savior rather than a threat.
Its more race then ecconomics. Blacks voted about 10-1 Gore over Bush.
According to exit polls (yea, they can be off a couple of precent), people
making under 20k voted for Gore over Bush 63-33. People making 20-40k voted
for Gore over Bush 51-45.
The median income of blacks in 199 is 28k, vs. 42.5k for whites. While that
is significantly less than whites, one would expect the black vote to be
close to the average of these two groups, with a bit of the 40-60 vote
thrown in if ecconomics were the predominant factor. Since this average is
Gore over Bush by only about 57-39, one can conclude, that it is not
ecconomics.
Dan'm Traeki Ring of Crystallized Knowledge.
Known for calculating, but not known for shutting up
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