Well, as someone who grew up in Nebraska and up until recently visited
several times a year, I don't think its as weird a place as you
portray. The social networks formed in part from the state's rural
origins, fallout from and reaction to politics (e.g. populist revolt,
you could look it up) of the late 19th century, the formation of towns
along the railroad routes, the relatively ethnically and religiously
homogenous close-knit communities, and of course a fair amount of
gerrymand..., um, creative redistricting. I don't think the
republicanism has much to do with religious outlook, most churches seem
to lean more progressive. I just think most folks are pretty tolerant
and try to get along, and they tend to vote the way their neighbors and
relatives do. Because the next time the shit hits the fan (and in
Nebraska, it does fairly regularly), they'll need them.
C.
On 11/3/12 12:48 PM, Jochen Fromm wrote:
XKCD has a nice graphic about the red/blue history of the congress
which shows the impacts of various events
http://www.xkcd.com/1127/
I have heard that in some states (Nebraska for instance) some people
really fear that their souls go straight to hell if they vote for the
democrats, although Obama is the best president the US had for a long
time, and his actions are in deep agreement with true Christian values
such as charity and care. How backwards is America's heartland??
-J.
Am 03.11.2012 18:44, schrieb Douglas Roberts:
Since you bring up the election, Jochen, see the attached graph for some
interesting correlations. Equally interesting is that the impact of the
second and third debates are indiscernible.
--Doug
On Sat, Nov 3, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Jochen Fromm<j...@cas-group.net> wrote:
I have the impression that the list has become a bit quiet in the last
weeks. Are you involved in a campaign for one of the candidates? New Mexico
is a blue state, so most of you will be for President Obama. For a
European, it is hard to understand why one would make a different choice
anyway. What is your opinion on the presidential election?
Steven Pinker recently wrote a nice article why states are so red and
blue. Do you agree?
http://opinionator.blogs.**nytimes.com/2012/10/24/why-**
are-states-so-red-and-blue/<http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/24/why-are-states-so-red-and-blue/>
-J.
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