Kerry +10 in Michigan

[Filuwaúrdjan]

I am in the conservative heartland of Michigan which is the southwestern part of the lower peninsula. This is probably the only region that will strongly support Bush. The East tends to be very Democratic and the northern area seems to be evenly split. I remember in 1996 when early returns had Clinton ahead of Dole in my county and the horrified television announcer said "Ottawa County has never gone democratic" Well, it didn't and therefore hell refused to freeze over for another day.

A Democrat from Ottawa County?
This Ottawa County:


I'm really, really sorry for you... ever thought about moving to Muskegon County?

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Al, that is it! Actually, I now live in Kent County and if you look at the map of Michigan cities from 2000 you can see my city is the only one for miles that went for Gore.

Grand Rapids?
Gore won Grand Rapids City by 2859 votes out of 73,756 votes cast.
Although for Kent County that's almost a Detroit level of Democrat support (Gore won just 38% in Kent County).
That corner of Michigan is very Republican...

[Filuwaúrdjan]

Al, that is it! Actually, I now live in Kent County and if you look at the map of Michigan cities from 2000 you can see my city is the only one for miles that went for Gore.

Grand Rapids?
Gore won Grand Rapids City by 2859 votes out of 73,756 votes cast.
Although for Kent County that's almost a Detroit level of Democrat support (Gore won just 38% in Kent County).
That corner of Michigan is very Republican...

You are right, Excellent! I think growing up in such a heavily Republican region perhaps made me far more critical of Republican (not necessarily conservative) ideology. I sometimes wonder if I would have been less liberal if I had been raised in one of the major Democratic regions of the state. Anyhow, it was much easier for me to see the errors of Republicans than Democrats.

People often react like that... most radical leftists come from leafy suburbs for example.