Conservatism is exactly what you get when you feed the ignorant/isolated fearmongering about the "big world" out there.
Conservatism is exactly what you get when you feed the ignorant/isolated fearmongering about the "big world" out there.
I don't think the right wing has ever fooled people so strongly, strongly against the Democrats and their polices. Just two short years of this crap and just look where we're at.
I think the biggest reason for the growth in conservatism is the one currently in the oval office. I don't think any president has motivated people so strongly, strongly against him and disastrous polices. Just two short years of this guy and just look where we're at.
FBHO
I'm a geographer and I have to say this is a serious misuse of cartography to mislead the public.
The state data means nothing because it's not high resolution enough. The divides between liberal/conservative are not state vs state, but urban vs rural. To get a better idea of the state of affairs you have to look at counties. If you did, you'd see some very politically incorrect correlations.
I'm a geographer and I have to say this is a serious misuse of cartography to mislead the public.
The state data means nothing because it's not high resolution enough. The divides between liberal/conservative are not state vs state, but urban vs rural. To get a better idea of the state of affairs you have to look at counties. If you did, you'd see some very politically incorrect correlations.
Exactly, this is why we need more federally mandated social welfare. That way, those of us in red states can take even more money from the blue states. What is so great about it is that blue states are the ones pushing for more social welfare. It is like blue states want to hand their money to red states.The Nascar Nation ain't even close to paying for themselves, yet they think it's their taxes that pay for everything.
I'm a moderate with Conservative leanings and I bet I leave my state more than you leave your city.
Well of course, everyone knows that ideology is urban/rural, but what's your point? Certain states are becoming more conservative vis a vis one another, and their urban/rural mix has been held constant by...well... reality.
It would certainly provide more granularity to look at a county by county breakdown to determine the degree to which economic decline is correlated with increasing conservatism, but the state by state breakdown is perfectly viable, if less exact.
Not much to see outside the city but a endless wasteland of walmarts/parking lots/fast food joints and boring clusters of crackerbox houses.
The rest of the USA is a sad place.
Is my sarcasm meter broken??
Maybe those 1950s car ads telling you to see America were onto something.
Especially amusing that conservatives are all, "Mah taxes ar too high because dem demcrats ar givin' away all mah money," when...
The Nascar Nation ain't even close to paying for themselves, yet they think it's their taxes that pay for everything. A cute little delusion that their political masters are never going to correct.
Not much to see outside the city but a endless wasteland of walmarts/parking lots/fast food joints and boring clusters of crackerbox houses.
The rest of the USA is a sad place. (NYC is nice, whats not been gentrified into submission)
I don't know why they're becoming more conservative but it's probably a reaction to something... like increasing crime, increasing poverty, or whatever.
I'm a geographer and I have to say this is a serious misuse of cartography to mislead the public.
The state data means nothing because it's not high resolution enough. The divides between liberal/conservative are not state vs state, but urban vs rural. To get a better idea of the state of affairs you have to look at counties. If you did, you'd see some very politically incorrect correlations.
If I can find good census data I will make a county map like all these conservative bashing ones that keep popping up. I can almost guarantee it will make conservatives look very good in every metric but income and teen pregnancy.
If you honestly believe that, you are the crappiest traveler ever. I've lived all over the country, and every place I've ever been to has been awesomely unique in its own way.
zip code would be even better granularity. also i wonder if it could be combined with population density somehow :hmm: dots maybe? more dots = higher population density, while color intensity of the dots = liberal/conservative bent?
(although i'd also say it's more urban vs. suburban, as there really isn't much rural population left)
Yes, the McDonalds playground is on the opposite side if you go to the next city. That is American diversity?
Yes, the McDonalds playground is on the opposite side if you go to the next city. That is American diversity?
Yes, the McDonalds playground is on the opposite side if you go to the next city. That is American diversity?