Norman : Well, I'm not much on secession, but a viable 3rd party is another matter altogether. No need to spell out all the difficulties in getting such a party off the ground. Odds against are staggering. Just saying............ I'd like to see a map that breaks down actual registered Independents state by state. A hypothetical, State X has 30 % Dems and 30 % Reps and 40 % Indies. That state would be shown in gold, or some color easy to read on a map. A state where Indies are 2nd in registered voters might be shown in yellow, and where they are no better than 3rd might show up as creme color. Maybe a number printed in each state to indicate the actual percentage, 18 % or 32 % or whatever. Better still, a series of maps like this, maybe starting in 2000. I have looked and so far, no such map. Do you know of anything along these lines ? Billy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10/16/2011 3:27:03 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Secession would be a hard task for us Radical Centrists! Norman From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2011 3:26 PM To: [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Subject: [RC] Geography of Radical Centrism Ernie : The map shows where independent voters are concentrated. This hardly makes them all Radical Centrists, of course. But if we were launching an ad campaign and needed to carefully budget resources, the purple areas would be the most logical places to spend $$$. Solid red or solid blue and probably very little bang for the buck. Interesting that a large swath of Texas is in the "potential RC" category along with much of the Rocky Mountains ( including Montana ) and most of Louisiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Missouri. Also looks like Kansas, Nebraska, and Oklahoma. I'm kind of surprised by Oklahoma, but this is what the map says. Looks like most of the Cherokee, Choctaw, etc, are Democrats. Of course this is the 2008 election. A current map might show some very different distribution patterns. Geographically, in terms of area, a lot of Florida is independent, but look closely and metro Miami is deep blue. California, away from the Coast, is also independent. However, "independent" may simply mean --depends on the area-- a fairly even split between Dems and Reps. Regardless, split areas is where you'd expect a lot of Indies. Billy -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
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