Sunday, January 11, 2009

The Writing is On The Wall

This is the most revealing map that I've seen in a while - when the New York Times produced this map, they put it on the front page and I wish there was a way of linking directly to it. Go here, then select "Voting Shifts" in the left hand side bar. The red areas are the only areas of Republican strength in 2008. Party leaders know they've painted themselves into a corner - they are at risk of being limited to no longer national party of southern, white, rural resentment.
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mike said...

The map is very interesting, but I draw a different lesson-those are areas of GROWING Republican strength.

I think it's more instructive to use that tool to compare it to another winning Democrat election, like 96 or 92. It shows a similar trend, but also that exurbs around major metro areas have become more republican.

January 11, 2009 at 2:01 PM

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