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County map of the 2024 election results

Discussion in 'Too Hot for Swamp Gas' started by studegator, Dec 11, 2024 at 8:28 AM.

  1. mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

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    Cities don't vote. People do. Cities are small pieces of land based on a somewhat arbitrary political decision. They aren't sentient. People are. I hope this helps.
     
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  2. gatordavisl

    gatordavisl VIP Member

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    According to the map in the OP, so are a substantial portion of the people in the U.S. Let's face it, the U.S. leads the world in stupid.
     
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  3. mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

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    Thus explaining why hermits and people living in isolated compounds are viewed as the most rational people.
     
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  4. gatordavisl

    gatordavisl VIP Member

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    Waiting for the punchline.
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  5. sierragator

    sierragator GC Hall of Fame

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    So you want to go back to exactly how the founders set things up? e,g, black people count as 3/5 of a person in census data, only white male property owners were allowed to vote, state legislatures chose senators etc etc? Things evolve.
     
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  6. citygator

    citygator VIP Member

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    Here is a map of my property showing who voted for Biden (blue) and the area where no one voted for Biden (red).

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  7. vegasfox

    vegasfox GC Hall of Fame

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    Ever meet a woke hermit?
     
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  8. mdgator05

    mdgator05 Premium Member

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    Think about that question and see if you can see the two major issues.
     
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  9. vaxcardinal

    vaxcardinal GC Hall of Fame

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    Are the cattle red or blue?
     
  10. VAg8r1

    VAg8r1 GC Hall of Fame

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    According to the map in the original post they're probably red since they apparently take on the characteristics of the eligible voters who own them.
     
  11. GatorRade

    GatorRade Rad Scientist

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    The focus on county level granularity is very weird. No borders are real, so we could slice the nation up in an infinite number of ways and get an infinite number of color maps. I am not sure why this should represent the “true” map for people.
     
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  12. GatorTheo

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    I don't think state legislatures should choose senators.
     
  13. CHFG8R

    CHFG8R GC Hall of Fame

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    Yeah, because the R's were Blue back then. Since when was Oklahoma ever liberal?
     
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  14. GatorTheo

    GatorTheo All American

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    You can cry all you want but Trump's not going to prison. Instead, he's going to be our President for the next 4 years.
     
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  15. Orange_and_Bluke

    Orange_and_Bluke Premium Member

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    You really cannot blame folks for moving away from libbies.
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  16. OklahomaGator

    OklahomaGator Jedi Administrator Moderator VIP Member

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    They were never California liberal but were left of center. The only statewide elected politician was Sen Nickles who was elected in 1980.
     
  17. demosthenes

    demosthenes Premium Member

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    Here’s one example with Oregon:

    Harney County - 10,133 sq miles, 7,253 pop
    Multnomah County - 431 sq miles, 757,371 pop

    Harney County is 23 times the size but Multnomah has 104x the population. On the map posted in this thread Harney represents a major swath of red in land area but is almost negligible in its population. There’s no reasonable justification for claiming Harney votes should be worth more than Multnomah votes.
     
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  18. GatorTheo

    GatorTheo All American

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    Is someone saying rural votes should count more?
     
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  19. wgbgator

    wgbgator Premium Member

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    Literally anyone arguing for the electoral college is saying that
     
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  20. wgbgator

    wgbgator Premium Member

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    Never read Grapes of Wrath?