Travis, Point #1 What's it matter? Obama won both the popular vote and won by in excess of 100 electorial college votes.
Point #2 Who cares? Should have been more registered voters on those square miles the Republicans won. Point #3 Damn shame all those people did not bother to vote for Republicans. Point #4 So? On Dec 6, 1:42 pm, Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Travis > Subject: 2008 Election Stats > Date: Saturday, December 6, 2008, > > *INTERESTING FACTS ----- NOTICE LINK AND MAP AT BOTTOM * > ** > *Some unreported stats about the 2008 election* > *Professor Joseph Olson of Hemline University School of Law, St. Paul, > Minnesota,* > *points out some interesting facts concerning the 2008 Presidential > election:* > > * -Number of States won by: Democrats: 20; Republicans: 30** > > **-Square miles of land won by: Democrats: 580,000; Republicans: 2,427,000** > > **-Population of counties won by: Democrats: 127 million; Republicans: 143 > million** > > **-Murder rate per 100,000 residents in counties won by: Democrats: 13.2; > Republicans: 2.1** > > **Professor Olson adds: "In aggregate, the map of the territory Republican > won was* > *mostly the land owned by the taxpaying citizens. Democrat territory mostly* > *encompassed those citizens living in rented or government-owned tenements > and* > *living off various forms of government welfare..."* > ** > *Olson believes the United States is now somewhere between the "complacency* > *and apathy" phase of Professor Tyler's definition of democracy, with some > forty* > *percent of the nation's population already having reached the "governmental > * > *dependency" phase. ** * > ******************************* > > *The original posting with this information is below this Newsweek article > at this link: **http://www.newsweek.com/id/163337**. > * > > -- > *~@):~{> > > ATT00000.jpg > 89KViewDownload > > ATT00000.jpg > 89KViewDownload --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
