McCain takes lead in Gallup poll for first time

[RetiredGySgt]

Violent crimes. Top 20 States in 2005.

9 are blue, 6 are red and 5 are Undecided.

 

[Jeepers]

Prove it.

Back at ya...

Crime rates vary greatly across the states. Overall, New England had by far the lowest crime rates, for both violent and property crimes. New England states also had the lowest homicide rates in the country. Densely populated states such as New York and New Jersey also had crime rates well below the national average. Southern states had the highest overall crime rates. Crime can also be isolated to one particular part of a state. Lafayette, Louisiana, for instance had only 6 murders per 100,000 people in 2004, while New Orleans, Louisiana, had 32.5 murders per 100,000 people. [50]

With few exceptions, there also seems to be a strong correlation between median household income and crime rates. In addition to having the country's lowest crime rates, New England states also had the country's highest median household income, while the Southern states have the lowest. Almost all of the nation's wealthiest twenty states, which included northern mid-western and western states such as Wisconsin and California, had crime rates below the national average. The nation's more dangerous states such as Arizona, Arkansas and Texas in turn ranked among those with a household income below the national median. For example, New Hampshire was one of the nation's wealthiest and safest state. New Hampshire's total crime rate was 57.9%; its violent crime rate was 64.1% and its homicide rate 69.1% below the national average. Connecticut, the nation's fourth wealthiest state, had a crime rate 27% and a homicide rate 52.7% below the national average. This contrasts starkly to some of the nation's poorer states such as Georgia, Florida or Louisiana. Louisiana had a crime rate 27% and a homicide rate 130.9% above the national average and ranked as the nation's fourth poorest state with a median household income 20% below the national median. While these trends hold generally true, it should be noted, that several states who fell below the national median for household income such as New York, Maine and Kentucky also had crime rates below the national average, while some wealthier states such as Maryland and Hawaii had crime rates above the national average.[50][51]

The highest total crime rate of any state, except for the District of Columbia, was found in Arizona, followed by South Carolina. The crime rate in Arizona was 46.82% above the national average and three and half (3.5) times as high as that of New Hampshire, America's safest state. The homicide rate was highest in the District of Columbia and Louisiana, as both states are home to some of the most violent areas in the entire country, namely eastern Washington, D.C. and the city of New Orleans. Overall there were six states with fewer than two homicides per 100,000 residents. Yet there were also eight states with more than seven homicides per 100,000 residents. These findings further illustrate the drastic degree to which crimes rates vary from state to state.[50]

Crime in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Ravi]

Ok.. first she brought up color. Then.. .she said this isnt about race. If it wasnt being construed to be about race then why would she feel the need to put that disclaimer in there.

First she brought up color? So if someone claims poor white people support them, that is 1) racist and 2) a claim that white people won't vote for Obama? No, it's neither.

Where did she say it wasn't about race?

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Back at ya...
Crime in the United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Except the data is not supported when one looks at the chart I provided. More Dem states have higher rates then Republican states.

 

[Jeepers]

First she brought up color? So if someone claims poor white people support them, that is 1) racist and 2) a claim that white people won't vote for Obama? No, it's neither.

Where did she say it wasn't about race?

Clinton rejected any idea that her emphasis on white voters could be interpreted as racially divisive. "These are the people you have to win if you're a Democrat in sufficient numbers to actually win the election. Everybody knows that."

Why would they not vote for Obama if he was the nominee? What is she saying.. what is it that everybody knows.....

 

[Ravi]

Why would they not vote for Obama if he was the nominee? What is she saying.. what is it that everybody knows.....

Really, everyone knows? Maybe everyone that has a problem with race knows. More than likely it was a jab at his clinging to guns and bibles quip.

 

[Ravi]

btw, Jeepers, she never once said they wouldn't vote for Obama if he was the nominee.

 

[Jeepers]

Abortion is actually down if redstates are taken in average since there are near outright bans if four of the reddest of states.. Granted the infant mortality rate is substantially higher. Maybe it balances out..

also,

BOSTON — If blue states care less about moral values, why are divorce rates so low in the bluest of the blue states? It's a question that intrigues conservatives, as much as it emboldens liberals.

As researchers have noted, the areas of the country where divorce rates are highest are also frequently the areas where many conservative Christians live.

Kentucky, Mississippi and Arkansas, for example, voted overwhelmingly for constitutional amendments to ban gay marriage. But they had three of the highest divorce rates in 2003, based on figures from the Census Bureau and the National Center for Health Statistics.

The lowest divorce rates are largely in the blue states: the Northeast and the upper Midwest. And the state with the lowest divorce rate was Massachusetts, home to John Kerry, the Kennedys and same-sex marriage.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/14/weekinreview/14pamb.html

I am not even going to touch on literacy rates cause... well, everyone knows about red state literacy...

 

[Jeepers]

btw, Jeepers, she never once said they wouldn't vote for Obama if he was the nominee.

"These are the people you have to win if you're a Democrat in sufficient numbers to actually win the election. Everybody knows that."

She is saying that Obama will not get that vote...

 

[Shadow]

Barack is many things.. lazy however is not one of them...

Yes he is..he thinks he is OWED something he has not lifted a finger to earn on his own. (Other than being an immature asshat that is).

 

[Shadow]

i will never get the hillary voters that will not support obama. i hate to say it, but i think many people simply refuse to support a black candidate.

Obviously that's because you are part of the problem.

 

[Inferno]

I don't pay much attention to the polls until after both conventions and usually not until the debates. To many people are still making up their minds. To many people are still apt to change their minds at this point.

 

[RetiredGySgt]

When a man runs for President and has no clue how many States are in the Union it is not just a slip of the tongue.

 

[Jon]

They're just going to have to work at it... and it's exactly what I mean by Obama is going to have to convince them he's not like Rev Wright.

Yeah, chances of that happening: slim to none.

 

[Jeepers]

When a man runs for President and has no clue how many States are in the Union it is not just a slip of the tongue.

Your losing it retired..

Barack meant 47 states... everybody knows that.. now confusing time and again shia and sunni and saying that Iran shares a border with pakistan, and saying that Iran is training alqueada... thats a problem...

 

[jillian]

I gotta go with jeeps on this..

 

[Jeepers]

Yes he is..he thinks he is OWED something he has not lifted a finger to earn on his own. (Other than being an immature asshat that is).

Stupid troll.. even the stauchest Mac Man knows that Barack has come a long way due to his hard work... Please explain this lazy comment..

 

[RetiredGySgt]

Your losing it retired..

Barack meant 47 states... everybody knows that.. now confusing time and again shia and sunni and saying that Iran shares a border with pakistan, and saying that Iran is training alqueada... thats a problem...

We have 50 States so even 47 is wrong. You used to learn that in Grade school. But again remind me how when McCain makes a slip it is earth shattering but when Obama does it is just cause he was tired.

 

[Shadow]

Stupid troll.. even the stauchest Mac Man knows that Barack has come a long way due to his hard work... Please explain this lazy comment..

As it relates to wanting Hillary and crew to "force" people she has no control over to vote for him... dumbass. While he sits on his ass "expecting" that they actually HAVE to because he is "The One".
Especially after he and his lemmings have been total a-holes for the last year.

Does this knucklehead even realize that not all of Hillary's supporters are "Democrats". They DO have their own minds and other choices you know. Idoits!

 

[Caligirl]

.... confusing time and again shia and sunni and saying that Iran shares a border with pakistan, and saying that Iran is training alqueada... thats a problem...

These comments were very disconcerting. It is hard to believe that McCain doesn't know the distinctions between sunni, shia, training specifics of al qaeda, and the geography of the middle east. It is easier to believe that he knows the distinctions, but that when he has been on the road a while or is jetlagged, that he confuses some of the details.

I was also a little puzzled by his statement that 'today we are all georgians.' It seemed way out of place. I doubt most americans know where Georgia is, I think it is near Turkey but could be wrong.