The Real American Political Leaning

[longknife]

Take a good look at the above map What does it tell you?



While Yglesias notes that the presidency is “extremely important,” he says: “But there are also thousands of critically important offices all the way down the ballot. And the vast majority — 70 percent of state legislatures, more than 60 percent of governors, 55 percent of attorneys general and secretaries of state — are in Republicans hands. And, of course, Republicans control both chambers of Congress.”



My home state, Nevada, is now in the red zone in spite of (or perhaps due to) Dingy Harry. We have the Left Coast and a few holdouts in the northeast. Otherwise, the PEOPLE have chosen the GOP to run things. Perhaps the inaction of Congress is what they want while their state and local legislatures/councils crank out conservative measures.



Read more @ These 2 Images Should Terrify Every Democrat And Give Hope To Every Republican

 

[Indeependent]

That either party will Gerry Mander when possible.

 

[g5000]

I'd be curious to know what the total population of all the blue states is compared to the total population of all the red states.

 

[g5000]

Okay. Using Google, I added up all the blue parts of the map in the OP. Total population: 128.5465 million.

The split states have a total population of 17.173 million.

This leaves 173.18 million for the red states.

The blue states have 201 electoral votes, out of 538.

 

[Stephanie]

That either party will Gerry Mander when possible.

Yes sure, that;s a hell of a lot gerrmanding on the Republican side. it just couldn't be that: that many people really are conservative/Republican and is more than likely Christians.

face it, liberal really isn't the favorite choice of the majority of the people in this country. no matter how much you on the left/dem/lib wails it is or wish it.

 

[Rustic]

Okay. Using Google, I added up all the blue parts of the map in the OP. Total population: 128.5465 million.

The split states have a total population of 17.173 million.

This leaves 173.18 million for the red states.

The blue states have 201 electoral votes, out of 538.

That is why we need to bring back the 10th amendment to real enforcement, and live in the state you want to live in...

Plenty of states to choose from.

 

[g5000]

80 percent of the population lives in urban areas, which is why Democrats want to get rid of the electoral college system.

 

[TheOldSchool]

The thing is yesterday's liberals become tomorrow's conservatives. Conservatives 50 years from now will not hate gay people, oppose all birth control, hate brown people (they probably will have a few new minorities to hate though), etc. Just like today's conservatives don't believe in a lot of the crap conservatives from 50 years ago believed and are more in line with what liberals from 50 years ago believed.

Progress always wins.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

Take a good look at the above map What does it tell you?



While Yglesias notes that the presidency is “extremely important,” he says: “But there are also thousands of critically important offices all the way down the ballot. And the vast majority — 70 percent of state legislatures, more than 60 percent of governors, 55 percent of attorneys general and secretaries of state — are in Republicans hands. And, of course, Republicans control both chambers of Congress.”



My home state, Nevada, is now in the red zone in spite of (or perhaps due to) Dingy Harry. We have the Left Coast and a few holdouts in the northeast. Otherwise, the PEOPLE have chosen the GOP to run things. Perhaps the inaction of Congress is what they want while their state and local legislatures/councils crank out conservative measures.



Read more @ These 2 Images Should Terrify Every Democrat And Give Hope To Every Republican

What it tells me is that the Democrats have thoroughly infiltrated and compromised the Republican Party. Is that a hopeful sign? No, Longknife. It isn't. When these States have House Speakers and Lt. Governors (president of the Senate) who are Republican in name only? The Democrats are in control. When we have the Republicans in both the House and the Senate voting with the Democrats? The Democrats are still in control. So long as the Republican party remains seriously compromised why would you rely on a map to predict the future course of this nation?

The map is a false picture of where America stands today. We can no longer gauge the outcome of elections by polls, we can no longer be assured that a Republican is a Republican. We can no longer be sure of anything. We've got a President who is ruling by executive order for heaven's sake! Democrats terrified? I think not. They're laughing at us. Wake up. This is a very precarious time for the American people!

 

[g5000]

If I were a well-funded special interest, I would not want power diffused throughout the 50 states. Oh hell no!

I would want power concentrated at the federal level as much as possible, so it would be easier for me to capture it. I would only have to capture one federal agency instead of 50 state agencies. I would only have to capture one legislature instead of fifty. A few free dinners here, a few golf excursions there. Some hookers and blow. A bunch of campaign donations later, and I'd totally own the federal government. I'd be writing regulations which make it harder for competition to break into my industry, while deregulating shit that makes it easier for me.

So go ahead, liberals. Keep moving that power on up to the top. And then stand back and whine how much special interest cash is flowing into the coffers of those who have the power.

 

[Indeependent]

That either party will Gerry Mander when possible.

Yes sure, that;s a hell of a lot gerrmanding on the Republican side. it just couldn't be that: that many people really are conservative/Republican and is more than likely Christians.

face it, liberal really isn't the favorite choice of the majority of the people in this country. no matter how much you on the left/dem/lib wails it is or wish it.

Not true; the Pubs Gerry Mandered the Hell out the US a mere few years ago.
The Dems would have done the same.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

The thing is yesterday's liberals become tomorrow's conservatives. Conservatives 50 years from now will not hate gay people, oppose all birth control, hate brown people (they probably will have a few new minorities to hate though), etc. Just like today's conservatives don't believe in a lot of the crap conservatives from 50 years ago believed and are more in line with what liberals from 50 years ago believed.

Progress always wins.

It's called infiltration, OldSchool. And yes. It has worked out quite well for the Democrats. Look no further than Agenda 21. I do not care if every single elected official in your city is a Republican. Look at their voting record. That is the reality of the situation but some folks do not want the facts to confuse them. The Republican Party is in crisis. Donald Trump is striking a chord, he's resonating with the people because he knows the true state of American politics. It's in the toilet. The media has taken notice of him just as the establishment Republicans have. It does appear they are working in tandem now to put him down! Trump doesn't need the establishment money! What will they do about that? Audit him? Cash in a favor from one of their Democrat friends?

While your assessment of the Republican party is quite inaccurate. We do not hate gays, we hate watching our Constitution being shredded before our very eyes! I must give you credit for speaking honestly about how the Republican party was infiltrated. You see, what has happened to the Republican party is no different than having a land surveyor move the boundary lines on your grandfather's property and watch your own grandchildren inherit only half of what they should have owned. Because the boundary lines have been moved. When were the Republican boundary lines moved? Mostly likely on Sunday afternoons while America was watching football.

It is a sad state of affairs when the enemy can come into our camp undetected and remove, replace, and destroy without even a whimper from our own people!

 

[TheOldSchool]

The thing is yesterday's liberals become tomorrow's conservatives. Conservatives 50 years from now will not hate gay people, oppose all birth control, hate brown people (they probably will have a few new minorities to hate though), etc. Just like today's conservatives don't believe in a lot of the crap conservatives from 50 years ago believed and are more in line with what liberals from 50 years ago believed.

Progress always wins.

It's called infiltration, OldSchool. And yes. It has worked out quite well for the Democrats. Look no further than Agenda 21. I do not care if every single elected official in your city is a Republican. Look at their voting record. That is the reality of the situation but some folks do not want the facts to confuse them. The Republican Party is in crisis. Donald Trump is striking a chord, he's resonating with the people because he knows the true state of American politics. It's in the toilet. The media has taken notice of him just as the establishment Republicans have. It does appear they are working in tandem now to put him down! Trump doesn't need the establishment money! What will they do about that? Audit him? Cash in a favor from one of their Democrat friends?

While your assessment of the Republican party is quite inaccurate. We do not hate gays, we hate watching our Constitution being shredded before our very eyes! I must give you credit for speaking honestly about how the Republican party was infiltrated. You see, what has happened to the Republican party is no different than having a land surveyor move the boundary lines on your grandfather's property and watch your own grandchildren inherit only half of what they should have owned. Because the boundary lines have been moved. When were the Republican boundary lines moved? Mostly likely on Sunday afternoons while America was watching football.

It is a sad state of affairs when the enemy can come into our camp undetected and remove, replace, and destroy without even a whimper from our own people!

The Agenda 21 nonsense is even stupider than Jade Helm 2015.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

If I were a well-funded special interest, I would not want power diffused throughout the 50 states. Oh hell no!

I would want power concentrated at the federal level as much as possible, so it would be easier for me to capture it. I would only have to capture one federal agency instead of 50 state agencies. I would only have to capture one legislature instead of fifty. A few free dinners here, a few golf excursions there. Some hookers and blow. A bunch of campaign donations later, and I'd totally own the federal government. I'd be writing regulations which make it harder for competition to break into my industry, while deregulating shit that makes it easier for me.

So go ahead, liberals. Keep moving that power on up to the top. And then stand back and whine how much special interest cash is flowing into the coffers of those who have the power.

The thing is yesterday's liberals become tomorrow's conservatives. Conservatives 50 years from now will not hate gay people, oppose all birth control, hate brown people (they probably will have a few new minorities to hate though), etc. Just like today's conservatives don't believe in a lot of the crap conservatives from 50 years ago believed and are more in line with what liberals from 50 years ago believed.

Progress always wins.

It's called infiltration, OldSchool. And yes. It has worked out quite well for the Democrats. Look no further than Agenda 21. I do not care if every single elected official in your city is a Republican. Look at their voting record. That is the reality of the situation but some folks do not want the facts to confuse them. The Republican Party is in crisis. Donald Trump is striking a chord, he's resonating with the people because he knows the true state of American politics. It's in the toilet. The media has taken notice of him just as the establishment Republicans have. It does appear they are working in tandem now to put him down! Trump doesn't need the establishment money! What will they do about that? Audit him? Cash in a favor from one of their Democrat friends?

While your assessment of the Republican party is quite inaccurate. We do not hate gays, we hate watching our Constitution being shredded before our very eyes! I must give you credit for speaking honestly about how the Republican party was infiltrated. You see, what has happened to the Republican party is no different than having a land surveyor move the boundary lines on your grandfather's property and watch your own grandchildren inherit only half of what they should have owned. Because the boundary lines have been moved. When were the Republican boundary lines moved? Mostly likely on Sunday afternoons while America was watching football.

It is a sad state of affairs when the enemy can come into our camp undetected and remove, replace, and destroy without even a whimper from our own people!

The Agenda 21 nonsense is even stupider than Jade Helm 2015.

Not when you examine it closely and realize it is a U.N. Agenda. Not an American one.

 

[Book of Jeremiah]

If I were a well-funded special interest, I would not want power diffused throughout the 50 states. Oh hell no!

I would want power concentrated at the federal level as much as possible, so it would be easier for me to capture it. I would only have to capture one federal agency instead of 50 state agencies. I would only have to capture one legislature instead of fifty. A few free dinners here, a few golf excursions there. Some hookers and blow. A bunch of campaign donations later, and I'd totally own the federal government. I'd be writing regulations which make it harder for competition to break into my industry, while deregulating shit that makes it easier for me.

So go ahead, liberals. Keep moving that power on up to the top. And then stand back and whine how much special interest cash is flowing into the coffers of those who have the power.

You are mistaken, G5000. I have a friend who wrote a book about the "4th Branch" of Government and he goes into great detail listing New Deal Agencies, Spawning Agencies such as all of the new Obamacare Agencies. He explains what creating an Oligarchy looks like, and why Obamacare won't be stopped. Irregardless of who is elected. His answer is reforming Administrative Law to stop government intrusion. The book is definitely worth reading.

 

[BluesLegend]

Lets just divide the nation and let the libs go live their socialist dream, the fools will come begging us for money and food in short order.

 

[Siete]

Lets just divide the nation and let the libs go live their socialist dream, the fools will come begging us for money and food in short order.

Really? Even though it's a proven fact the economy runs better under the Democrats than it does the Republicans?

wow!

 

[BluesLegend]

Lets just divide the nation and let the libs go live their socialist dream, the fools will come begging us for money and food in short order.

Really? Even though it's a proven fact the economy runs better under the Democrats than it does the Republicans?

wow!

Its not a proven fact that's your meds talking. Tune in next week when libs claim something else that's not true.

 

[Siete]

Lets just divide the nation and let the libs go live their socialist dream, the fools will come begging us for money and food in short order.

Really? Even though it's a proven fact the economy runs better under the Democrats than it does the Republicans?

wow!

Its not a proven fact that's your meds talking. Tune in next week when libs claim something else that's not true.

 

[Siete]

blues has his ass handed to him and runs ..... same shit different day.