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Thursday, November 04, 2004
Red/Blue
Before people get too carried away with the "blue state vs red state" debate...
Via James Joyner who also has the 2000 county map. Strikingly similar, the 2000 pockets of blue are only slightly larger.
Posted by Kate McMillan on November 4, 2004 | Permalink
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» Red vs. Blue from Gods of the Copybook Headings
The below is a breakdown of the Republican (Red) vs. Democratic (Blue) election results by county rather than the usual state by state breakdown. From the Western Standard: [Read More]
Tracked on 2004-11-04 9:38:16 AM
» Red vs. Blue from Gods of the Copybook Headings
The below is a breakdown of the Republican (Red) vs. Democratic (Blue) election results by county rather than the usual state by state breakdown. From the Western Standard: [Read More]
Tracked on 2004-11-04 9:40:48 AM
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Will print it out for those Where Should We Move To conversations that take place increasingly at my place. Note to self: avoid that little blue place in Texas as possibly "Austin"...
Posted by: Kathy Shaidle | 2004-11-04 8:20:45 AM
Ah...Ashtabula County (in Ohio's upper-rightmost tip) showed up in blue! Quel surprise! That the Democratic Party dominates this place is understandable. I did my master's in library science in Pennsylvania and state that although many counties there are in red, too many of those counties have more bears resident than people. The blue areas in PA that actually went that way were enough to swing the state to Kerry.
But for the Ashtabula County stats from the unofficial county, just to show how the turnout actually went:
Total voters registered: 62,926
Breakdowns from the last primary (only time your party allegiance can be declared in Ohio...NOT when you register):
REGISTERED VOTERS - DEMOCRAT 12,801
REGISTERED VOTERS - REPUBLICAN 11,387
REGISTERED VOTERS - NON-PARTISAN 33,131
REGISTERED VOTERS - TOTAL 57,386
The five thousand new registrants automatically are considered "non-partisan" until the primary election next May.
Okay, back to the November results:
Ballots cast: 45,474 (72.27% of registered voters)
Bush votes: 20,621 (46.38% of those in-county in this race)
Kerry votes: 23,545 (52.95% of those in-county in this race)
(The Libertarian Party slate and the Constitution Party slate both got under 200 votes each, so they were left out of this reporting of totals by me)
Certainly in this case the importation of conservatives from Canada may actually tip the scales. With the proximity Ashtabula has across the lake from Ontario, connections with home could still be kept perhaps. Let's not forget that conservative here in the US can use support too! :-)
Posted by: Stephen Michael Kellat | 2004-11-04 8:55:03 AM
Kathy, you're right about Austin. It is the home of the University of Texas, so it's hard to know what the demographics would be like if you removed the student population. It's one of those universities where former students hang around not doing much for 20 or 30 years after graduation. You know, just kind of taking life easy and figuring out what their next step will be in between bong hits.
Regrettably, Houston is also a pretty heavily liberal area.
Incidentally, the movie "Slackers" can give you a real flavor of young Austin. (Of course, the corporate culture is moving in.)
Posted by: Greg in Dallas | 2004-11-04 11:04:21 AM
Greg, is that story on Drudge right, that Dallas has its first lesbian sheriff? I love it!
Posted by: Kathy Shaidle | 2004-11-04 11:45:27 AM
Kathy, yes it's true and I hear she's a great guy! As I understand (I'm 80 miles away), she is a Hispanic and her sexual preference was little known by the general public until late in the day. I imagine the good ol' boys in the department are in a painful re-evaluation. Prognosis extremely tentative. She has a sophisticated federal background, but no experience interacting with county government.
If you like ironies, here's another one for you. George Bush and I now share the same Democratic Congressman, Chet Edwards.
Posted by: Greg in Dallas | 2004-11-04 1:26:11 PM
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