That's Hamline, Travis. lol 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
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