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« Reply #25 on: September 25, 2005, 03:26:34 PM »

People tend to be more liberal than their parents. It all about cancels out.

Oh really?
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« Reply #26 on: September 25, 2005, 03:59:02 PM »

The poverty rate is so high among tribal reservations because the tribal governments care more about the almighty dollar then their own people. "Indian" Casinos are a huge fraud which provides little benefit to any native residents.

Tribes with casinos tend to be much, much more wealthy than those without.  I do not know where you got that impression from.
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« Reply #27 on: November 02, 2005, 11:07:40 PM »

Here are some for me

1,3,5,6,8,9,13,18,20,21,25,26,28,33,40,43,46,48,51,52,53,54,63,64,67,73
quickly scanning the rest
95,99, probably some others
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« Reply #28 on: November 03, 2005, 12:01:53 AM »

I've seen this list before.  It's pretty much a mix of liberal urban areas and areas with significant minority populations with the following exceptions, which can be pretty easily grouped:

Educated population, usually with college town(s)
Alameda, CA
Berkshire, MA
Dane, WI
Franklin, MA
Hampshire, MA
San Mateo, CA
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Fe, NM
Tompkins, NY
Windham, VT

Mix of affluent residents, usually with service industry
Dukes, MA
Nantucket, MA
Pitkin, CO
San Miguel, CO
Sonoma, CA
Taos, NM

Wealthy suburbs
Marin, CA
Montgomery, MD

There are three I couldn't quite group, though:

First of all, Elliot County, Kentucky.  Why is this area so Democratic?  I know it is historically and is poor, but I'm surprised this area can remain so heavily Dem when neighouring areas vote Republican.

Secondly, San Juan County, Washington.  I know this area fine.  It is pretty much a large hippie colony.  It is fairly wealthy, but not exceptionally so, even though house prices are high.  There is another county in Washington like this - Jefferson County (Port Townsend), and this seems to be a phenomenon limited to the northwest.

Lastly, Douglas County, Wisconsin.  Heavily white, by the Canadian border.  Why is this area Democratic at all?

Alcon, mind if I ask you how you managed to group these counties? Other than a potentially encyclopedic knowledge of all the counties (Smiley), did you use any particular source?
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« Reply #29 on: November 03, 2005, 01:16:33 AM »

Alcon, mind if I ask you how you managed to group these counties? Other than a potentially encyclopedic knowledge of all the counties (Smiley), did you use any particular source?

Mostly, I knew them already, but I had to check the Vermont counties (I never remember those) and the Massachusetts counties on Wikipedia. Smiley
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« Reply #30 on: November 03, 2005, 01:45:18 AM »

Well, Alameda's got Oakland, so that's that accounted for.

Berkshire, as Al said, is interesting.  Yeah, there are college towns (one or two...I'm in one of them)--but they don't come anywhere close to dominating Berkshire County politics.

But if you can figure out why Berkshire County votes the way it does...you could go a long way towards explaining a lot of things.
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« Reply #31 on: November 03, 2005, 03:10:32 PM »

Alcon, mind if I ask you how you managed to group these counties? Other than a potentially encyclopedic knowledge of all the counties (Smiley), did you use any particular source?

Mostly, I knew them already, but I had to check the Vermont counties (I never remember those) and the Massachusetts counties on Wikipedia. Smiley

How did you acquire a knowledge of all those counties, cause im jealous?
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« Reply #32 on: November 03, 2005, 08:59:49 PM »

Alcon, mind if I ask you how you managed to group these counties? Other than a potentially encyclopedic knowledge of all the counties (Smiley), did you use any particular source?

Mostly, I knew them already, but I had to check the Vermont counties (I never remember those) and the Massachusetts counties on Wikipedia. Smiley

How did you acquire a knowledge of all those counties, cause im jealous?

I guess it's just something I retain easily.  Some things I can't remember worth crap, but other things stick with me very easily, you know?
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« Reply #33 on: November 04, 2005, 02:24:05 AM »

Alcon, mind if I ask you how you managed to group these counties? Other than a potentially encyclopedic knowledge of all the counties (Smiley), did you use any particular source?

Mostly, I knew them already, but I had to check the Vermont counties (I never remember those) and the Massachusetts counties on Wikipedia. Smiley

How did you acquire a knowledge of all those counties, cause im jealous?

I guess it's just something I retain easily.  Some things I can't remember worth crap, but other things stick with me very easily, you know?

Yes I know. The same with me. Some things I just go over and over in my head, while others I think about them when I need to and never again. Thanks anyway.
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« Reply #34 on: January 21, 2006, 06:23:37 PM »

I've seen this list before.  It's pretty much a mix of liberal urban areas and areas with significant minority populations with the following exceptions, which can be pretty easily grouped:

Educated population, usually with college town(s)
Alameda, CA
Berkshire, MA
Dane, WI
Franklin, MA
Hampshire, MA
San Mateo, CA
Santa Cruz, CA
Santa Fe, NM
Tompkins, NY
Windham, VT

Mix of affluent residents, usually with service industry
Dukes, MA
Nantucket, MA
Pitkin, CO
San Miguel, CO
Sonoma, CA
Taos, NM

Wealthy suburbs
Marin, CA
Montgomery, MD

There are three I couldn't quite group, though:

First of all, Elliot County, Kentucky.  Why is this area so Democratic?  I know it is historically and is poor, but I'm surprised this area can remain so heavily Dem when neighouring areas vote Republican.

Secondly, San Juan County, Washington.  I know this area fine.  It is pretty much a large hippie colony.  It is fairly wealthy, but not exceptionally so, even though house prices are high.  There is another county in Washington like this - Jefferson County (Port Townsend), and this seems to be a phenomenon limited to the northwest.

Lastly, Douglas County, Wisconsin.  Heavily white, by the Canadian border.  Why is this area Democratic at all?

Another county that is Democratic for no apparent reason is Woodruff, Arkansas. It has a population of 8,000 and is only 31% black. Does anyone know why this area is so Democratic?
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« Reply #35 on: January 21, 2006, 06:27:58 PM »

Woodruff County is quite poor.  The poverty rate is over 25 percent.

It's still weirdly Democratic, though.
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« Reply #36 on: January 21, 2006, 06:46:05 PM »

It seems to be the only poor rural white Southern county on this list.
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« Reply #37 on: January 21, 2006, 07:20:46 PM »

It seems to be the only poor rural white Southern county on this list.

Elliot, Kentucky.  There are a number in that general area.
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